Your vehicle's brake pads play a pivotal role in its performance and your safety. If you want to inspect them yourself, ...

Hydraulic brakes use the incompressible fluid properties to actuate a braking mechanism and provide the braking components (discs, drums, pads, etc.) with force to engage and remove energy from a ...

If you’ve ever experienced noisy or howling hydraulic disc brakes on your cyclocross bike, this week’s Mechanical Monday solution costs a few cents, takes just a few seconds, has saved some custom ...

A fully functioning brake system requires three scientific principles to work in tandem to stop your Pontiac: Friction, leverage, and hydraulics. We've gone over the ...

Italian manufacturer Campagnolo, or Campy as it is affectionately known, is one of the most storied names in cycling, and some of the biggest Tour de France contenders like Nairo Quintana are ...

Your car's brake system is one of its most critical components. It should come as no surprise that the brake system is responsible for stopping your vehicle and keeping it stationary as long as your ...

Modern automotive disc brake designs share common features. The primary components are a rotor and caliper. The rotor attaches to the wheel hub and rotates at the same speed as the wheel and tire ...

Typical, medium-duty, hydraulic brake system with front discs (red circuit) and rear drums (green circuit). Boost, or assist (blue circuit), is provided by an engine-driven pump, although the power ...

Brembo’s Sensify is a fluid-free braking system that electronically controls braking and can adjust braking force at each wheel. Sensify is currently in production, but no specific vehicle or vehicles ...