Five years ago, we had seen DuraBrake more regularly being referred to as a “value line”. That’s not the case anymore. More recently, we’ve seen more and larger customers using DuraBrake as their PRIMARY brake line because they know we’re going to give them the best overall program and support. Our team works exhaustively to…
U.S. Made Drums and Rotors vs Overseas Made Drums and Rotors
2023-01-26T00:05:57+00:00Most heavy-duty dealers and distributors carry both a domestic line and an imported line of drums and rotors, but what’s the difference? In our opinion, the products made overseas, and those made domestically are essentially the same. Our products typically test the same as US-made products and sometimes better. There are, however, some overseas manufacturers that do make…
DuraBrake Blue™ Steel Shell Brake Drums Replacing Cast Brake Drums?
2022-04-05T07:33:28+00:00With the onset of rotors, and the uncertainties of production of Motor Wheel’s Centrifuse drum, many predicted that the steel-shell drum would soon phase out. Then came COVID, which caused all types of supply chain issues. Our industry has learned to be resourceful and accommodating and be much better planners during this time. WD’s, dealers, and end-users have…
Stemco Exits the Brake Drum Market
2020-07-14T06:30:57+00:00In a recent turn of events, Stemco has announced that they have made the difficult decision to depart from the brake products segment in addition to halting production of the Motor Wheel brake drums and Crewson brake adjuster product line at the end of July. Stemco is making these changes in order to focus efforts and…
Steel Shell (Composite) Brake Drum: Breakthrough in Pricing
2020-01-11T21:21:01+00:00Meritor X30 and Stemco’s CentriFuse brake drums for long have successfully dominated the centrifugally cast brake surface inside a steel shell. DuraBrake introduced its own version of the lightweight steel shell brake drum in 2018 so we have had these in service for a little over a year now. This new lightweight steel shell brake…