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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Accuride has extended the standard warranty coverage for its Gunite and Gunite 2000 range of automatic slack adjusters. The new warranties apply to Gunite ASAs manufactured on or after April 6, 2015.

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 ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has adopted a final report of a runaway truck accident in Pennsylvania that has shown the consequences of improper maintenance on automatic slack adjusters for ...

Webb Wheel Products, a Marmon Highway Technologies/Berkshire Hathaway company, is expanding its product portfolio to include a complete line of clearance sensing automatic brake adjusters, the company ...

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 ...

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 ...

Accuride Extends Warranty on Gunite® Automatic Slack Adjusters Extends Gunite® automatic slack adjuster standard warranty to industry-best 6-years/1 million-miles Reflects Accuride’s confidence in the ...