The following was published in CCJ's Air Brake Book, 11th edition, sponsored by SilverbackHD. CCJ's Air Brake Book is a complementary industry resource, courtesy of our partnership with SilverbackHD, ...
If you have a drum-style parking brake, it’s likely that the lever that actuates the brake — the one that the cable pulls on — is rusted and locked up. If it’s stuck, he can try to work it free and ...
Not happy with your car or truck's braking performance? It might be time for a new set of brake calipers. Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite ...
How long brakes last largely depends on how the car is driven, but it can also depend on if the car has the ability for regenerative braking and the condition of the rest of the braking system. Here’s ...
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: ...
Reading through the November 2021 issue ofFour Wheelermagazine and seeing "Brake Time," a drum brake to disc article, put a smile on my face. How perfect, I thought, since I'm in the middle of doing ...