Not to mention that many professionals in Europe are still using rim brakes. Just before the disc wave hit, mini-linear pull cantilever brakes, nicknamed “mini-V brakes” (alluding to the coinage of ...

The parking brake, or emergency brake, is usually attached to a car’s rear wheels. On vehicles with rear drum brakes, the parking brake is usually attached with cables to the rear brakes, as ...

Finally, there's a rear disc-brake conversion that won't leave you broke and sad. The guys over at The Little Shop of Horrors have learned a thing or tow about S-10's in the last seven years of ...

But to sting you for a new set when the car is on a BMW MINI lease is out of ... in the amount of wear on my brake pads indicative of a fault? My dealer-maintained Hyundai i40 CRDi urgently needs ...

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 ...

The GM Corporate 14-bolt rear axle is considered one of the best options for the ultimate in high strength for a trail/street machine. Found in four different variations from 1973 to 1996, the GM ...

Bicycles equipped with disc brakes are now a familiar sight. If you’ve recently purchased a new road bike, it probably has ...

Most modern brakes use a cast-iron disc squeezed between two brake pads lined with friction material. Some higher-end vehicles use pricey carbon-ceramic discs or even special tungsten carbide ...

In last month's issue (Apr. '18) we set about converting our 1957 Ford Ranch Wagon from early Camaro disc brakes to modern, aluminum four-piston disc brakes from Wilwood Engineering. The ...

IGN knows one of the worst things about having a hot car is the amount of money you have to shell out each month to keep it. Small routine things like oil changes and stuff you should do yourself ...