These days, the vast majority of new passenger vehicles are equipped with front disc brakes, and some also come with rear disc brakes. But the beat still goes on for drum brakes.
Most new vehicles still use drum brakes on the rear wheels, and it’s not just because they’re less expensive than disc brakes.
This video is sponsored by The Pronto Network.
Typically, the main culprit of friction-material separation is corrosion.
Recently, a few editors here at Babcox Media were moving around a 2016 Kia Soul for a video shoot.
All of a sudden, the right rear wheel locked up. With several ASE-certified technicians on the editorial staff, there was no shortage of theories as to the source of the problem. Some people blamed the parking brake, ABS isolation solenoids and even the brake line developing an internal flap restriction. Only when the wheel was pulled off did they get a glimpse of the state of the brake pads and rotors.
One of them doesn’t require a tensioner.
Electric vehicles and hybrids have a built-in disadvantage regarding brake noise.
Spark plug indexing is the orientation or placement of the ground electrode at a specified direction in the combustion chamber.
Today’s state-of-the-art high-performance tie rods and ball joints put original-equipment quality into the aftermarket’s hands.
Robert Roos is president of The Pronto Network.
These are new units and not remanufactured.
The new part numbers cover more than 10 million vehicles in operation.
Rick and Bill talk about what it means to continue the legacy of a family business.
