Friction One has announced the opening of its new brake pad and rotor production facility in Juarez, Mexico. This plant was ...

Over the past 45 years I've performed brake jobs on everything from race cars to heavy-duty pickup trucks and motorcycles. While changing the brake shoes on a vehicle with drum brakes is more ...

Your car is a big expensive machine that, over its life, will cost you a ton in maintenance. If you learn to do some of those jobs yourself, you can save a ton of cash. Replacing your brake pads, for ...

During seasonal inspections, a common recommendation from technicians of every stripe is routine brake maintenance. After all these critical safety systems are exposed to the worst of our roads and as ...

Brakes absorb energy and convert it to heat. Thus, prime concerns in a brake are: 1. Generating a force capable of retarding a rotating shaft. 2. Dissipating or absorbing the heat generated in the ...

Akebono Brake Corp. has released seven new ultra-premium disc brake pad part numbers across its ProACT and EURO product lines ...

The brake rotors are an important part of the disc brake system found in most modern cars. Many vehicles have disc brakes on the front and drum brakes in the rear, while others have four-wheel disc ...