Question: I love my 2000 Ford F150 XL Short Bed Regular Cab pickup, but one problem concerns me. Every time the truck gets wet — even slightly — and I use the brakes, they tend to lock up and the ...

You might not give your car’s brakes much thought until they cause a problem, but there’s a whole world of things happening every time you press the brake pedal. Though most cars today come equipped ...

You never see them, but you always need them. Behind those rear brake drums they lead thankless lives, and hopefully are always ready to slow your 3,500-pound musclecar down. In a world of four-wheel ...

Disc brakes resemble hand brakes on a bicycle, where pulling on the brake lever forces a plier-like device to squeeze rubber blocks against the rim of the wheel to stop the car. Drum brakes are a ...

Drum brakes, shown in Figure 14-5, are the oldest type of brakes still on the road. Their main advantage is that they require less hydraulic pressure to stop your vehicle because the brake shoes tend ...

Hydraulic drum brakes for motorcycles are not available in the market today but if you desire to have one installed... serious fabrications must be done... the downside is that the quality of the bike ...

Semi trucks continue to rely on drum brakes as their primary braking system due to their reliability under heavy loads. This practice is not only seen in commercial vehicle engineering but also in ...

Brake technology, just like many other car technologies, has come a long way in recent years. If you did drive in the late 1980’s you would have a crystal clear idea of the exponential change where ...

There aren’t many good reasons left not to spec air disc brakes, but drum brakes continue to out-sell discs. If you’re on the fence, here’s something to consider. Had the truck driven by Rogel ...