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We have a LOT of different sockets from our friends at Sunex, and we have you covered whether you’re looking for an entire set or you lost the one that you need today. However, if you’re looking for one socket, it can be daunting finding that one needle in the haystack.

What you need is a guide, a magnet to pull the correct needle from the haystack you’re looking for. Something to tell you what each of the sockets are and what they do. Well I did you all a service and wrote it out for you and how to find each of the parts.

Clutches were built to be efficient and to keep you safe. The reason we have clutches, whether they’re manual or self-adjusting is to ensure that when we’re driving on the road our engine is moving our wheels when we want it to and only as fast as we want it to.

In layman’s terms, just because our wheel stops, doesn’t mean we want our engine to stop, and if our engine is running, that doesn’t necessarily mean we want our wheels to be churning. In heavy-duty trucking that’s even more prevalent, as we want you to move your cargo as efficiently and smoothly as possible.

Reasons to Love Your Wheel Bearings

Everybody loves when their bus, tractor-trailer, or truck is operating at peak performance with no weird vibrations, smells, or noises to indicate that something’s off. This is especially true in your wheel ends — when something’s broken or failing in the hub assemblies that literally keep your truck on the road, there’s no ignoring it or putting it off til next quarter’s expenses.

If you’re one of the lucky ones, then you’ll go thousands of miles before you experience wheel end issues, and the little champions that help make this possible are your wheel bearings. A set of steel balls held together in a metal ring called the race, your wheel bearings are designed to fit cozily inside of the wheel hub — the hollow piece of metal at the center of the wheel.

Wheel Hubs: Unsung Heroes and Easily Forgotten

We talk about wheel hubs a lot, and for good reason — all too often, they get lumped into that category of parts on your vehicle that you don’t pay much attention to. Once the hubs are securely attached to the axle on one side and the tire on the other, it’s easy to put them out of your mind. They’re built to last for 100,000 miles, right?

If there’s one thing that’s always a guarantee besides death and taxes, it’s the fact that most “set it and forget it” vehicle parts still need some degree of attention to avoid premature damage and failure. But your best line of defense is starting out with the best wheel hubs on the market — PreSet wheel hubs from ConMet.

The Results are In: America’s 100 Most Gridlocked Roads

Whether you’re a driver or a fleet manager, you know that there are certain highways and freeways across the country that you do absolutely everything to avoid. Traffic congestion and gridlocks can make or break having an on-time delivery, not to mention that it’s incredibly frustrating to go from cruising highway speeds to a slow crawl.

Since 2002, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has been gathering data from over 1 million trucks. This data has been analyzed to reveal the most heavily gridlocked roads from over 300 specific locations.

While bustling cities like Chicago and Denver predictably make the list multiple times, it’s New Jersey and Georgia that take the first two places for most congested according to the most recent ATRI reports:

Tired of Poor Winter Visibility? Heated Mirrors Can Help

As if bitter cold temperatures and hazardous road conditions aren’t enough to deal with during the winter, there’s the added challenge of keeping your mirrors clear. When snow, ice, sleet, and other winter weather creations begin to pile up on your side mirrors, it can become dangerous for both drivers and other road motorists on the road.

Need To Repair a Fan Clutch? You’ve Got Options

When it comes to the safety and performance of your truck or fleet, you have to consider all repairs equally important, from the orifice tube in your AC to your drivetrain. But one pairing that should take a high priority and careful decision-making is the relationship between your engine and your fan clutch.

The science behind this marriage is simple: there’s a lot of pressure put on your engine, and it’s the job of your fan clutch to kick in and cool things down before the engine overheats. Whether you’ve got a thermal, non-thermal, or electronic fan clutch, sooner or later, this critical part is going to need some attention. And regardless of whether it needs an efficiency upgrade or a repair, you don’t necessarily need to eat the cost of extensive repairs or downtime.