Fleet managers should have a good understanding of engine brakes and how they are properly used. How often do you hear drivers complaining about weak engine brakes? Some drivers will say the engine ...

Millions of semi-tractors hit the road every single year to keep America running with everything from the mail and Amazon packages to gasoline and milk. Truckers are often unsung heroes, and our lives ...

The Jacobs compression release engine brake, or "Jake brake," is now in its 60th year of service, with more than 9 million of the systems manufactured by 2019. The compression release brake system, ...

Power is both the blessing and the curse of diesel engines, which is where retarders, more commonly known as engine brakes, come into play. Pacbrake explains that since diesel engines lack a retarding ...

Every diesel truck owner wants an engine brake on their rig. That is if they don’t already have one. They help slow your pickup without cooking the brakes. But how do they work? And why don’t pickup ...

The new agreement sees Jacobs' products specified on both the diesel and natural gas applications of the K5 (YCK05), K8 (YCK08), K9 (YCK09), K11 (YCK11) and K13 (6K13) engine platforms. The ...

Jacobs Vehicle Systems’ compression release engine brake for International’s A26 engine is engineered to leverage the A26’s variable geometry turbo to increase engine brake performance at lower engine ...

Jacobs Vehicle Systems announced last week the availability of the engine brake model 5783A as standard equipment on the International A26 engine. Jacobs has supplied a compression release engine ...