Free ModIn the March '09 issue, we presented a group of low-cost modifications in "30 Low-Buck And No-Buck Mods." One was to adjust the drum brakes to temporarily eliminate drag prior to drag racing.

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 ...

An object like a tractor-trailer remains in motion unless an outside force like the braking system acts upon it. Even Isaac Newton could have predicted that. And when brake components fail, there’s ...

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, ...

A drum brake, as the name suggests, is a type of braking device that generates stopping power by pushing a friction material into contact with a rotating drum. Unlike a disc brake assembly, which ...

When you start talking brakes and trucking safety, there’s good news to be had. For starters, mandates put in place several years ago (see sidebar) significantly beefed up the stopping power of both S ...

Though a decade ago it was far from the case, nowadays, the likelihood for a technician to work on a newer truck with air disc brakes (ADBs) is about the same as one with drum brakes. “Almost half of ...