One theory surrounding the second set of rear brake calipers on the mid-engine Corvette is that the second caliper will enable higher-performance braking. The benefits of having two sets of calipers ...
Some of you are probably wondering how do Formula One cars, which reach speeds in excess of 200 mph (321 km/h), manage to brake so effectively at the end of a long straight. The high temperatures ...
Someone recently brought in a 2016 Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid with a noise coming from the driver’s side rear when going over bumps. After a test drive confirmed the issue, removing the wheel revealed ...
Next up the rear brakes. I went to a Bajaj dealer and I got a seal kit for a pulsar. Pretty much all Bajaj and dukes use the same rear caliper so it should work, hopefully. I popped into the KTM ...
This article was originally published in the April 2012 issue ofCar Craftmagazine. The parts and prices reflect what was available at that time. While old muscle cars are cool, drum brakes are not.
Have you ever slammed on your hot rod's brakes really hard? Did the rear brakes lock up before the front ones? If so, then you're familiar with that adrenaline-pumping feeling when the tail end of ...
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 ...
Last summer Tesla changed suppliers for rear brakes on the Model Y Performance. Until that point, the vehicle came equipped with high-performance Brembo brakes front and rear, but all examples built ...
Foot to the floor for 100 feet when you brake for that bus full of nuns? Upgrade when we show you that putting disc brakes on the rear of a GM car is actually very easy. Watch as we swap out the drums ...