Over the past 45 years I've performed brake jobs on everything from race cars to heavy-duty pickup trucks and motorcycles. While changing the brake shoes on a vehicle with drum brakes is more ...

Your car’s brakes turn kinetic energy into heat to slow it down. By stepping on the brake pedal, you’re pushing fluid out the master cylinder, through brake lines and into the calipers. In the caliper ...

Checking the condition of your disc-brake pads should be a regular part of servicing your bike. For example, when you check ...

Is it time to get your brake pads changed? Before you choose just any set of brake pads, it'd be best to get familiar with all the different brake types available. You could save some money or improve ...

CARS.COM — Subject to tremendous friction and heat, brake pads wear down and must be replaced as part of a car’s regular maintenance. In disc-brake systems, the brake pads are the friction material ...

Brake pads are among the most crucial components of a car that are considered normal wear items to maintain. Since brake pads create the friction that helps slow your car down when you press the left ...

The wretched screech of your car's brakes is a special kind of public embarrassment. It's a piercingly loud, aurally offensive reminder at every stop sign or slowdown that one of your car's crucial ...

Most modern vehicles rely, at least in part, on disc brake systems. These systems consist of a hydraulic master cylinder, fluid lines, rotors, brake calipers, and brake pads. The brake pads feature a ...

While the federal government sets performance standards for brake systems in new vehicles, there are no government regulations covering replacement brake pads. Given that a large percentage of ...