Your car definitely has a parking brake that's meant to keep it from moving when you don't want it to, but do you know how ...

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 ...

Each year, thousands of inspections are conducted during Brake Safety Week. This year’s emphasis will be on drums and rotors.

and brake pads; drums, wheel cylinders, and brake shoes; or a combination of the two systems. Both disc and drum brake systems rely on hydraulic pressure and friction materials to stop your car.

which subsequently pushes the pads against the brake disc (also called the brake rotor) or drum that rotates with the wheel, it is in every driver's best interests—as well as that of their ...

Porsche's existing wheel hubs all used the drum brake as an integral part of the corner, mounting the wheel on its face in a "wide five" bolt pattern. Because of the company's engineering ...