With all the hoopla going on about the GM Brake Repair Litigation Settlement (on 1988 – 1993 Chevy Lumina, Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and Pontiac Grand Prix automobiles), I thought I’d ...

Disc brakes resemble hand brakes on a bicycle, where pulling on the brake lever forces a plier-like device to squeeze rubber blocks against the rim of the wheel to stop the car. Drum brakes are a ...

Though a decade ago it was far from the case, nowadays, the likelihood for a technician to work on a newer truck with air disc brakes (ADBs) is about the same as one with drum brakes. “Almost half of ...

You might not give your car’s brakes much thought until they cause a problem, but there’s a whole world of things happening every time you press the brake pedal. Though most cars today come equipped ...

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: ...

One enterprising individual who is a friend of ours, an engineer, and completely obsessed with making old Jeeps and other 4x4s work better is Brennan Metcalf. For a few years, Brennan has also been ...

One of the hot topics for debate over the past few years has been road bike disc brakes. It was inevitable that the benefits of hydraulic discs brakes would eventually transition to road bikes. An ...

Car owners continuously run into issues while using their vehicles. While some problems are tolerable, others border on irritating and not only for the driver. One such issue is squeaky brakes. How ...

“Coming in hot! Shut her down!” That’s the last thing you want to hear when your 4x4’s brakes aren’t in tiptop shape. Like most old 4x4s, our 1978 Ford F-250’s brakes leave much to be desired in the ...