Haldex, a world leader in automatic brake adjusters, recently launched a campaign warning distributors, dealers, fleets and owner-operators in the commercial vehicle industry to beware of imitation automatic brake adjusters
designed to look like genuine Haldex ABAs.
These imitation ABAs are made with low-grade materials, and they are manufactured using sub-standard processes and inferior quality control methods. Haldex has conducted thousands of hours of life cycle and environmental tests on imitation ABAs. These tests are identical to those Haldex conducts on Haldex ABA products. Manufacturers of imitation ABAs do not meet or match the Haldex model of stringent testing requirements for quality and durability. The test results indicate:
• Imitation ABAs have wormshafts and worm wheels that completed only 5 percent of the cycles before they failed.
• Imitation ABAs have clevis pin bushings that completed only 10 percent of the cycles before failing.
• Imitation ABA housings completed only 4 percent of the cycles before failing.
• Imitation ABAs had a 100 percent failure rate in corrosion testing – completely failing every test conducted.
These failures can cause loss of braking or excessive brake chamber strokes, which lead to dangerous conditions, risky performance, reduced durability and out-of-service violations.
An advanced control arm design in Haldex ABAs eliminates failed roadside inspections, ends the high cost of linkage-style adjusters and maintains the proper lining-to-drum clearance. Haldex ABAs minimize internal wear and prevent contamination. This results in longer ABA life to allow vehicles to perform reliably with less downtime.
Haldex advises fleets and owner-operators not to take risks with imitation ABAs that combine low standards with poor quality. These imitation ABAs add up to inadequate braking performance, premature wear and expensive equipment repairs. Genuine Haldex ABAs can be identified by the Haldex name or logo on the side cover.