Four former employees reopened Rockford’s shuttered Gunite foundry Nov. 20 as Rockford Brake Manufacturing, which poured its first iron and resumed brake drum production after Accuride’s 2024 ...

Volkswagen of SA (VW) has issued a recall for 374 Amarok vehicles, produced between 10 January and 12 June 2025, after identifying a potential fault with the electromechanical brake servo control unit ...

As of 2025, the once-ubiquitous humble brake drum has practically faded into obscurity, and fade is a familiar word for most people who have ever driven a drum-braked classic car hard on a twisty ...

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is at it again. This week — Aug. 24-30 — is Brake Safety Week in North America. That means truck inspectors will be out in force, peeking under hoods, ...

A build up of surface corrosion on outer brake drums is completely normal and doesn't, as a rule, affect the car – replacing the drums will obviously improve the appearance, but until you need to as a ...

VW has discovered that piston spring retainers used by another OEM in its brake master cylinders were inadvertently fitted to 2024 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport models, prompting a recall of 1,467 ...

On June 20, 2024, Webb Wheel Products, Inc. (“Webb” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Certain Brake Drums from the ...

As Former Editor-in-Chief of CarBuzz, UK-based Adam oversaw the creative strategy and oversees content development. Adam helped steer CarBuzz from an enthusiast car application to a leading automotive ...

Accuride Corporation has announced that the Gunite-branded 3922X cast iron brake drum will now be produced in Accuride’s Rockford, Ill., Gunite foundry. Gunite Foundry has updated its tooling to ...

Your car's brake system is one of its most critical components. It should come as no surprise that the brake system is responsible for stopping your vehicle and keeping it stationary as long as your ...