Express Brake International’s “Inspection Bulletin 2007-01 – Segmented Brake Linings” is intended to help identify the presence of segmented brake linings during a roadside inspection and provide ...

Brake linings and pads will be the focus of Brake Safety Week, scheduled for Aug. 20-26, according to an announcement from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Throughout the weeklong blitz, law ...

Brake linings and pads will be the focus of Brake Safety Week, which is scheduled for Aug. 20-26, according to an announcement from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. During Brake Safety Week, ...

Brake Safety Week is coming up soon, and the entire North American commercial vehicle industry knows it—so there’s no reason not to be ready. Still, last year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance ...

Today is the beginning of Brake Safety Week in North America. CVSA inspectors will be doing a lot of brake stroke inspections this week, and also working with drivers, mechanics and others to improve ...

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) will focus on brake lining and brake pad violations during this year’s Brake Safety Week on Aug. 20-26. During last year’s Brake Safety Week, commercial ...

It takes a robust braking system to bring 80,000 lb. (36,000 kg) of moving tractor-trailer to a halt. And half of that system sits on a trailer, about 45 feet (about 13.5 meters) behind the driver.

Certified inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 16,725 inspections on commercial motor vehicles as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) North American Brake Safety ...

Common brake defects included having 20% or more of the brakes on the truck stroking beyond their adjustment limit and contaminated brake linings. Commercial vehicle inspectors put 570 commercial ...

Most brakes use some type of friction lining. Asbestos, once the accepted friction material, has been replaced in most cases by nonasbestos materials. Contents of the new material, largely proprietary ...