Not all cars came equipped with disk brakes on both axles and if you own an older car, like a 2000 Toyota Corolla we’ll see in the tutorial, it’s almost certain that you have drum brakes for the rear ...

Front brakes can only do so much. Most rear drums do very little for stopping power, which is usually why a set of rear shoes will last two to three times longer than the front pads. By adding rear ...

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 ...

Despite the volumes written about the legendary prowess of '60s musclecars, the words always seem to gloss over some serious engineering shortcomings of the era. Brake packages were often, in a word, ...

In an ideal setting where the sky's the limit in terms of budget and labor costs, replacing the brake rotors or brake discs when changing the brake pads is highly recommended. The brake rotors in your ...