VIDEO: Rear Brake Pads On Vehicles With Stability Control
Andrew Markel explains why special attention needs paid to brake pads on vehicles with stability control, including oversteer and understeer corrections and differential replacement.
VIDEO: Brake Pads And Hardware
Andrew Markel explains why it’s necessary to replace brake hardware with every brake pad job.
What’s The Best Way To Break In New Brake Pads?
Avoid heavy braking or panic stops for the first couple of hundred miles. Normal driving will usually seat in most brake pads just fine, provided the rotors are clean, relatively smooth (no excessive scoring or grooving) and flat (no warpage or pedal pulsations).
Brake Pads: Delaminated Pads Are Dangerous
Both field and laboratory test results repeatedly prove that the friction lining on a disc brake pad can wear to within a millimeter of the mating surface of the disc brake shoe without affecting brake function, provided the entire surface area of the friction lining material remains intact during contact with the rotor.
Bedding Brake Pads
Bedding is a process by which a thin layer of friction material from a set of new brake pads gets transferred to the rotor surface.
Spotting Brake System Failures By Inspecting The Old Pads
The main culprit of friction material separation is typically corrosion.
O’Reilly Unveils BrakeBest Select Pro Pads and Rotors
The private-label pads and rotors are available online and in O’Reilly stores nationwide, including Puerto Rico.
Brake Corrosion Science: Why Rust On Brake Lines And Pads Is Not Normal
You know what rust and corrosion look like, but what is it?
Measuring Brake Pedals And Pads
On a mechanical level, it is easy to understand how brakes work. We all understand that brake fluid transfers force from one hydraulic component to another. But, how does this apply to how a brake pedal feels? This is where math is required.
7 Brake Myths Busted
There are some myths about brake pads, rotors and hydraulics that need to be busted.
