PORTLAND, Ore. — Freightliner Trucks now offers ConMet PreSet aluminum wheel hubs as standard on several heavy-duty vehicles and optional on other medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the product line.

The causes of wheel separation are well known. They include bearing failures; loose, broken, or missing wheel fasteners; damaged wheels, and to a lesser degree, failures of certain axle and suspension ...

Do truck operators really need to perform a wheel retorque some short time after every wheel installation? The short answer is yes — unless you have a clearly defined wheel-installation procedure in ...

Prevent wheel-off incidents on heavy trucks by understanding wheel installation procedures and carefully inspecting the wheel end. The two major causes of wheel-off incidents include a loss of ...

Who wants bling when they’re hub-deep in mud or snow? Yeah, you might like pretty shinny stuff, but chrome don’t get you home. When the doo-doo is deep you want parts you can depend on, and that holds ...

This story appears in the Nov. 3 print edition of Transport Topics. Maintaining proper wheel torque requires a lot more than simply clamping down on lug nuts. Clean mounting surfaces and adequate ...

Wheel fires can be caused by brake, bearing, and tire problems. And they’re all avoidable. Wheel end fires, while uncommon, are not rare. They usually make the papers and the TV news websites, though.

Lordstown Motors is planning to use a former GM facility near Cleveland, Ohio, to effectively beat GM to the punch—in offering an all-electric, made-in-America pickup. “Our goal is to build the first ...

After calling back the 2021 Ford F-150 on three occasions thus far, the Blue Oval is recalling the 2021 Ford Super Duty as well. Believe it or not, certain dual rear-wheeled pickups have been ...

GM's announcements of the 2020 Silverado HD and 2020 Sierra HD has reignited the topic of heavy duty pickup trucks. Since the introduction, we've received several letters asking about the purpose of ...

If you've been trudging through the multitude of major wheel brands, shopping for new wheels to improve the look of your Dodge Ram 1500 — or simply Ram 1500 since the brand spun off in 2009 – you've ...