Brakes
  • Testing 1, 2, 3…

    Drakefield provides a step-by- step guide on how to use its latest tool when working with brake caliper p ...

    Drakefield provides a step-by- step guide on how to use its latest tool when working with brake caliper potentiometers. The company’s latest tester, designed for testing and calibrating brake caliper ...

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  • Code-breaker

    ABS/EBS fault-reading and decoding is the latest innovation to be added to Scrutineer, the stand-alone tr ...

    ABS/EBS fault-reading and decoding is the latest innovation to be added to Scrutineer, the stand-alone trailer diagnostic unit from Hope Technical Developments. Phil Sherman at Feltham-based Phoenix T ...

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  • IMS Limited Brake Shoe replacement guide

    IMS Limited, exclusive distributor of the SAF-Holland range of products and OE parts in the UK and Irelan ...

    IMS Limited, exclusive distributor of the SAF-Holland range of products and OE parts in the UK and Ireland, has produced a series of videos covering INTRA maintenance. This particular video provides a ...

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  • IMS Limited step-by-step braking guide

    IMS Limited is the exclusive distributor of SAF-Holland products in the UK. The IMS Service Engineering T ...

    IMS Limited is the exclusive distributor of SAF-Holland products in the UK. The IMS Service Engineering Team regularly gets asked by customers to help with the identification of trailer braking system ...

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  • From race track to road

    Hamburg-based manufacturer, Meyle, has been a technical cooperation partner in the FIA European Truck Rac ...

    Hamburg-based manufacturer, Meyle, has been a technical cooperation partner in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship for many years. This season, the company is supporting MAN driver, Sascha Lenz ...

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  • Fighting the fakes

    The mention of ‘counterfeit’ or ‘fake’ parts in the UK commercial vehicle aftermarket is often met with w ...

    The mention of ‘counterfeit’ or ‘fake’ parts in the UK commercial vehicle aftermarket is often met with widespread dismissal. Indeed, the majority of workshops in the UK believe that they have never c ...

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  • Putting theory into practice

    Last year in CVW, BPW looked at specific cases of trailer brake diagnostics. In the second instalment of ...

    Last year in CVW, BPW looked at specific cases of trailer brake diagnostics. In the second instalment of the two part series, the company sheds light on the analysis techniques and diagnostic procedur ...

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  • Identifying the problem

    IMS, the exclusive distributor of SAF-Holland products in the UK, runs us through a step-by-step guide on ...

    IMS, the exclusive distributor of SAF-Holland products in the UK, runs us through a step-by-step guide on how technicians can identify issues that stem from different braking systems. The IMS Service ...

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  • Inside the factory

    CVW learns how Knorr-Bremse’s Aldersbach plant transforms a brake caliper blank and a few dozen other com ...

    CVW learns how Knorr-Bremse’s Aldersbach plant transforms a brake caliper blank and a few dozen other components into the complete product. Step 1. Caliper processing The operator first loads the cali ...

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  • Febi: Range Expansion

    febi has recently expanded its range of truck components to include products like fuel filters, clutch ki ...

    febi has recently expanded its range of truck components to include products like fuel filters, clutch kits, and ABS sensors. The expansion includes brake discs that fit the Renault Midlum (2006) and ...

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