Brake problems don’t start at the roadside—they start in the yard with poor maintenance. One of the most overlooked pieces of a truck’s braking system is the slack adjuster. Many small fleets and ...

The following was published in CCJ's Air Brake Book, 11th edition, sponsored by Silverback HD. CCJ's Air Brake Book is a complementary industry resource, courtesy of our partnership with Silverback HD ...

Proper brake stroke adjustment and maintenance are critical to commercial vehicle and roadway safety. As part of the Bendix Tech Tips series, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC reminds vehicle ...

TORONTO, Ont. – A surprise brake blitz by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) in May has led inspectors to believe there’s a big problem with drivers manually adjusting self-adjusting slack ...

With the development of automatic slack adjusters (ASAs) has come the misconception that if you install an ASA on your brake system, the stroke will be accurate from then on. But things are never ...

ArvinMeritor calls its automatic slack adjusters the lightest weight on the market. The adjuster has a pressed-in and sealed actuator boot for maximum durability, threaded grease fittings for easy ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a safety recommendations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regarding automatic slack adjusters. The board urges the FMCSA to work ...

WASHINGTON — It took a spectacular fatality for the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to recognize the dangers in performing too-frequent adjustments to automatic brake adjusters (ABA). In ...

Webb Brake Adjusters’ line of clearance sensing automatic slack adjusters are available in 5½- to 7-inch arm lengths in 10, 28 and 37 spline models. Webb uses the standard clearance sensing design for ...