Bendix is making available information pertaining to its voluntary recall of some 200,000 of its SR-5 trailer spring brake valves. That May 17 action has prompted recalls of over 30,000 trailers by 11 ...

After a group of trailer manufacturers issued a recall in late July on more than 30,000 trailers due to an issue with Bendix SR-5 Trailer Spring Brake Valves, another group of manufacturers has joined ...

Bendix has announced it is making available a no-cost permanent remedy kit for trailers affected by a recent recall campaign. More than 15 trailer manufacturers have recalled nearly 40,000 trailers ...

As much as I enjoy driving tractor-trailers, one thing that has irked me for many years is the parking brake valves on the dashboard. The two push-pull valves -- the yellow one for tractor brakes and ...

It’s all very well having razor-sharp trailer brakes when you’re fully loaded, but when you’re empty it inevitably means the wheels lock up and you’re left with clouds of smoke and prematurely bald ...

There are some adjustments you can make to trailer brakes that help keep them legal and won’t break the bank but this time, we suss out some of the more sophisticated add-ons that will help them ...

From the September 2002 issue. Adding anti-lock brakes to trailers has brought many benefits over the years — safer stopping in general, increased stability in hard braking or on slippery surfaces, ...

New rules took effect in April legalizing the use of automatic hydraulic inertia brake systems (surge brakes) on light- and medium-duty trailers within certain limits, even in commercial applications.

Most incidents involving total air-brake failures go unreported officially and simply become the stuff of legend. But a few too many of them have resulted in very public collisions. Until recently, ...