Disc brakes used to be found mainly on the front wheels of vehicles, with drum brakes at the rear. Today most passenger vehicles have disc brakes all around. Each brake has a flat steel disc — you ...

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 ...

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 ...

Disc brakes: Ya gotta love ’em. Here’s a general primer on how to assess and change your pads. So you can love ‘em even more.

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 ...

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 shown in ...

It’s long been common practice for fans of muscle-era cars to upgrade the four-wheel drum brakes, typical of that period, to front discs. For years, doing so required sourcing parts from donor ...

As promised last month, we've installed the new '79 four-wheel disc brake package on our '77 Trans Am. It's a direct bolt-on operation that can shorten stopping distances by as much as 15 percent. The ...