Ken-Tool has announced three tools for adjusting drum air brake linkage to remove slack on trucks and trailers. The tools are made to fit Bendix, Haldex and Meritor air braking systems – one for each ...

While automatic brake adjusters don’t need a lot of attention, they are far from “set it and forget it.” Like their manual counterparts, periodic inspection and lubrication are critical to optimal ...

Ken-Tool has announced three new tools to make the task of adjusting drum air brake linkage to remove dangerous slack on trucks and trailers an easier task. The tools, made in the U.S.A., fit Bendix, ...

get the brake performance they expect. 1) AUTOMATIC SLACK ADJUSTERS (ASA): Always troubleshoot brakes when the air chamber stroke exceeds the allowable limits. When you need to replace one automatic ...

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 ...

The National Transportation Safety Board recommendations to brake equipment suppliers have long emphasized caution about manual adjustments for pushrod stroke when automatic slack adjusters [ASAs] are ...

Automatic brake adjusters don’t need a lot of attention, but they certainly don’t fall in the set-it-and-forget-it category. Periodic inspection and lubrication are critical to optimal performance.