Just when we thought supply chain issues were over and brake drum prices were normalizing, two major issues have arisen causing turmoil in brake drum pricing. Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duties The first issue is that an anti-dumping duty/countervailing duty petition was filed by Webb Wheel with the International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce.  This petition alleges…

The brakes on your car, truck, trailer, bus, or specialty vehicle are an essential piece of equipment.  If there’s a malfunction, there’s likely to be significant damage, injury, and liability.  Replacing your pads, shoes, drums or rotors yourself can be an easy and straightforward job, and some mechanics or owner-operators perform the job correctly.  With those components, you…

We recently did an analysis for a WD customer that was buying air disc brake calipers directly from several OEM brake manufacturers (Bendix, Meritor, and WABCO) and realized they were losing a lot of money and opportunity because of the extra cost of the OEM branded caliper, the cost of financing the inventory of the…

A few years ago, the demand for aftermarket air disc brake components did not seem to be that high.  In the last couple of years, as the effect of COVID wore off and the adoption of air disc brakes on trucks and trailers continued to increase, we’ve seen quite an increase in air disc brake rotors,…