Most modern cars stopped using drum brakes years ago, adopting disc brakes for their improved performance and heat resistance. Those sound like pretty good reasons, so you'd think they'd be just as ...

When you press on your vehicle's brake pedal, it's brake fluid that does the work. Your leg action moves a plunger in the brake master cylinder that pumps brake fluid through the brake lines and out ...

Ignoring or improperly adjusting slack adjusters leads to uneven braking, increased accident risk, out-of-service violations, and higher maintenance costs. Automatic slack adjusters (ASAs) should ...

Sunday, Aug. 24, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's annual Brake Safety Week inspection blitz and outreach/education event kicks off with an increased emphasis on that oh-so-crucial component in ...

Your car's brakes are designed to stop your car, not the extra couple thousand pounds you've hitched to the back. When your trailer doesn't have its own braking system, all that extra momentum, or ...

There's surprising old-school technology making a comeback on some of Volkswagen group's most important EV models, headlined by the Audi Q4 E-Tron – drum brakes. The technology's reappearance on a $51 ...

If you are towing a trailer weighing more than 1,650 pounds (750kg), it is likely a braked trailer. These heavier trailers, often with two or more axles, have their own electric brakes, which are ...

The following guidelines are for owners wishing to modify their NSW registered low-ATM trailers (trailers with an ATM of 4500kg or less). Trailers may be modified by the original trailer manufacturer, ...

SOUTHAMPTON TWP. — About 20 tractor-trailer brake drums were stolen from Truck Repair Mart in the first block of Truck Tech Way in Southampton Township, Franklin County. State Police at Chambersburg ...

A build up of surface corrosion on outer brake drums is completely normal and doesn't, as a rule, affect the car – replacing the drums will obviously improve the appearance, but until you need to as a ...

Hello Victoria, the difference between drum and disc brakes is mainly in their design, performance and practical benefits. Brakes are devices that slow down or stop a moving mechanism or vehicle. This ...

The amount of power a tractor has to get its 80,000 pound limit up to speed is a prideful discussion among drivers at the truck stop lunch counter. The truck's ability to safely come to a stop, ...