LOUISVILLE, KY. -- Freightliner Trucks announced the availability of the latest Bendix/Spicer air disc brakes as an option on its Class 8 truck models, as well as its medium-duty and vocational ...

With copper-free brake standards taking effect, suppliers are reengineering friction materials, and fleets are weighing what the change means for air disc brake performance on the road.

If all you’re interested in is maximum stopping power, you probably want some performance street semi-metallic pads. And it’s good that you don’t care about noise or brake dust, because you’ll get ...

Disc brake pads are to brakes what a camshaft is to an engine. Where a cam is critical for defining an engine's power potential, brake pads are vital for successfully and repeatedly decelerating a ...

Though a decade ago it was far from the case, nowadays, the likelihood for a technician to work on a newer truck with air disc brakes (ADBs) is about the same as one with drum brakes. “Almost half of ...