HeavyDuty Brakes

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Heavy-Duty Brakes
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New Service Opportunities

• Steve Sturgess
• Executive Editor
• Heavy Duty Trucking

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Braking Developments

• Legislative driven
• Operator driven

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Legislation

• NHTSA 121 Update (July 2009)
• FMCSA Comprehensive Safety Analysis (Late 2009)

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NHTSA 250-Foot Rule

• New 121 braking standard
• 30 additional braking
• More braking on front axle
• Heavier front axles from EPA2010
• Diversification of brake systems
• Bigger wider drums-parts proliferation
• Discs 150,000 already in use

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NHTSA 250-Foot Rule

• Timeline
• Three axle tractors8/1/2011
• Two-axle tractors 8/1/2013
• Straight trucks, trailers, buses not affected

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NHTSA 250-Foot Rule

• Societal banefits
• 227 lives per year
• 300 serious injuries per year
• 169 million property damage

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CSA 2010

• Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010
• Designed to reduce truck-related crashes
• Affects both carriers and drivers
• Real time reports on fleets and drivers

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CSA 2010

• Carrier rating system
• No more Safe-Stat based on safety audits
• On-road safety performance data
• Roadside violations
• Crash data
• Inspections

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CSA 2010

• BASICs
• Unsafe driving
• Driver fitness
• Crash indicator
• Cargo related
• Fatigued driver (HOS)
• Controlled substances
• Vehicle maintenance

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CSA 2010

• Crash risk Analysis
• Broadens interventions
• Reached more carriers
• Interventions based on safety

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CSA 2010

• Timeline
• Started Feb 2008
• 68,000 carriers Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, New
  Jersey Then Minnesota and Montana
• Phased or Federal

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CSA 2010

• Enforcement
• No more just pay the fine
• No more business as usual
• Real safety ratings
• Real prohibitions
• Higher Insurance premiums

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CSA 2010

• Top Out-Of-Service cause

Brakes
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New Brake Products

• Bigger, wider front brakes
• Disc brakes
• Others

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Express Brake

• Enhanced drum brake
• Easier brake service
• Double drum life
• No corrosion, rust jacking
• Less core hassle
• http//www.expressbrake.com/

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Lynnfinn/Webb

• Available from Lynnfinn and Webb
• Air movement within brake
• Removes dust
• Waste 40-50 life improvement
• OTR 100
• http//www.lynnfin.com/

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Newtech

• Newtech (Canada)
• No search result

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Electronics

• ABS
• EBS
• Stability control
• ECU service
• Diagnostics
• Prognostics

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Hybrids

• Electric/hydraulic retarding
• Less brake application
• Less parts and service
• Aplications
• Trash trucks
• Package cars
• Hybrid opportunities
• Certification
• Service/repair

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Other Opportunities

• Installing
• Wear indicators
• Stroke indicators
• Other
• DPF cleaning

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Aftermarket Impacts

• Aftermarket-only friction materials
• OEM Approved
• Brake assembly meets standard
• Not necessarily the case unless OE tested
• Fleets standardize on new brake
• Promote upgrade of older equipment to maintain
  parts commonality
• Not a requirement for older vehicles
• Parts and service opportunity as vehicles come
  out of warranty
• Training
• Wider drums no impact
• Disc brake learning curve

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Thank You