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 ...

One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

Imagine this: you’re cruising along, feeling confident about your car’s performance, when suddenly, those brakes […] ...

New cars have become much more expensive over the past few years, leading many people to repair their old car instead of replacing it with a new one. However, the rising average age of cars on U.S.

Out of all the fluids that could be leaking from your car, brake fluid might be one of the hardest to diagnose. It doesn’t have a color, it doesn’t have a particularly strong smell, and it might not ...

That's about par for the course for pads, rotors and a flush. It's highway robbery because you can do the whole thing yourself for 1/3 the cost with a little bit of time and knowhow, but if you're ...

Getting your money’s worth out of a car means holding on to it—ideally, for at least several years beyond its warranty period. By then, the car depreciates more slowly, and even as maintenance and ...