Drum brakes, shown in Figure 14-5, are the oldest type of brakes still on the road. Their main advantage is that they require less hydraulic pressure to stop your vehicle because the brake shoes tend ...

Let's talk fender preservation. Let's talk numbers. According to Motor Trend's instrumented testing from back in the day, a bone-stock '67 SS350 Camaro required 156 feet to decelerate from 60 mph. In ...

Most people understand the critical role that automotive brake systems play. Brake components are designed to help slow the vehicle's wheels down, allowing us to stop the car without waiting for the ...

If you take a second to look at your car's brakes, you might realize that the front brakes are larger than the back — sometimes they're even ventilated, and the back isn't. This isn't some kind of ...

In our continuing saga to build a daily driver '66 Slant Six Dart GT, it was time to ditch the drums for front disc brakes. The small 9-inch drums had to go. While they worked perfectly without ...

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 ...

Few Mustang subjects are duller than parking brakes. Also called emergency brakes or "e-brakes," they were designed to keep a Mustang secure when parked. The parking brake is also supposed to stop the ...