TRU BLU CV Products Wheel End Status
Click Here To See Why Monitoring Wheel End Temperature Is So Important
Millions of dollars’ worth of equipment and cargo goes up in smoke every year because of wheel-end fires, euphemistically called thermal events. You’ll see it on the news or social media, with dramatic footage of thick black smoke and flames consuming an entire trailer — and the tractor, if the driver can’t get the two units unhooked fast enough. The source of that heat is friction from either a deteriorating wheel bearing or a dragging brake. In the bearing’s case, failure usually stems from lack of lubrication. There are multiple causes for dragging brakes.
TRU BLU CV Products Wheel End Status
Click Here To See Why Monitoring Wheel End Temperature Is So Important
Millions of dollars’ worth of equipment and cargo goes up in smoke every year because of wheel-end fires, euphemistically called thermal events. You’ll see it on the news or social media, with dramatic footage of thick black smoke and flames consuming an entire trailer — and the tractor, if the driver can’t get the two units unhooked fast enough. The source of that heat is friction from either a deteriorating wheel bearing or a dragging brake. In the bearing’s case, failure usually stems from lack of lubrication. There are multiple causes for dragging brakes.