Autoblog may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. The brakes on your car are one thing you don’t want to put off fixing. Luckily, ...

Here's a quick and easy bolt on project for owners of 19701973 Mustangs to do that is also a functional safety upgrade. Wilwood's Classic Series Dynalite Front Brake Kit is an affordable upgrade to ...

Jeremy Richmond was facing the same dilemma as many have when making wholesale suspension and drivetrain mods in order to run healthy motors and tall tires on older 4x4s: Stopping power. His ...

Lest you think better braking performance always requires pie-plate-sized rotors and enormous wheels, this article highlights a new front-disc package developed by Mustang purveyor Street or Track A ...

As you can see in Figure 15-3, you have to remove a bunch of stuff to get to a drum brake. The steps here explain how to do so and what to look for when you finally get to your brakes. Caution: ...

Front disc brakes have always been a key to improved brake performance. In more recent years, rear disc brakes have become a popular upgrade because they virtually eliminate brake fade under the most ...

Drum brakes are essentially extinct on new cars today—save for a few budget-minded holdouts like the Ford Focus 1.0-liter. But for nearly a century, they were the standard system of choice on nearly ...

Q. I have a problem that I hope you can shed some light on: I’m trying to remove the rear brake drum(s) on my 2001 Mercury Villager. In the past, with other vehicles, hitting the drum with a hammer ...

Drum brakes, shown in Figure 14-5, are the oldest type of brakes still on the road. Their main advantage is that they require less hydraulic pressure to stop your vehicle because the brake shoes tend ...