It's critical that you replace your disc brake pads and rotors regularly. But what about the calipers? Here's how to know if you should replace them or not.

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 ...

We obtained a set of Paul Components Klamper mechanical disc brakes as part of the first production run after it’s official introduction at 2014 Interbike. The Klamper was in the works for three years ...

The advantages of disc brakes are well known to serious four-wheelers. Although discs have lessarea than comparable-application drums, they work better when hot and wet. Plus, discs are easier to ...

Stock brake systems are designed for stock cars. Any time you change the vehicle's total weight or the distribution of that weight, raise or lower the center of gravity, install "big 'n' little" ...

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 ...

Better stopping power is probably the most oft-touted advantage of air disc brakes, but advanced drum brakes easily meet the requirements, too. However, when you look at the reduced and simplified ...

IGN knows one of the worst things about having a hot car is the amount of money you have to shell out each month to keep it. Small routine things like oil changes and stuff you should do yourself will ...

The world is changing and fast. If you look at new car reveals coming, more and more are for electric cars, and indeed brands: Hummer EV, Polestar, and Ioniq, to name a few, not to mention the ...

Imagine having a brand new truck sidelined during a roadside inspection because the inspector didn't understand what he was looking at . That happened more than once as the first of the ...

With the addition of recent performance upgrades, our 1969 Dodge Dart has the potential for speed (in mph) close to twice the speed of many U.S. highways. Refer to any physics textbook, and you'll ...