If you haven’t changed rear brake pads on a newer car recently, you might be surprised to find it can’t be done without special tools. It’s been probably 30 years since I replaced rear pads on a car, ...

If there’s anything Chevy mechanics have learned through the years it’s that a Corvette is just a little bit harder to work on than a garden variety Chevrolet, and it’s for a number of reasons: ...

When it comes to cars, the brake system is one of the most vital components. Virtually all modern automotive brake systems work using hydraulic brake fluid to generate the pressure necessary to ...

Disc brake calipers may mount on the rotor "in lead" or "in trail," which refers to their position relative to the spindle or axle centerline. In nearly all cases there is no real-world performance ...

While old muscle cars are cool, drum brakes are not. There probably isn't a breathed-on Camaro, Cutlass, Tempest, or Buick Special left in the world that doesn't already have front disc brakes. But we ...

The advantages disc brakes offer over drums have been known for a while--heat dissipation and fade resistance, water-shedding ability, and so on. Discs have been standard on front axles much longer ...