They began to see widespread use in the 1970s as automakers endeavored to increase stopping power and vehicle safety. Today, many vehicles either use disc brakes on all four wheels or put discs at the ...

Brakes are one area where vehicle owners simply cannot compromise. Disc brake rotors, or discs, normally wear out because they generate heat to stop your car. Signs such as excess dust on the wheels, ...

CXM: Disc rotors often do not line up perfectly from wheel to wheel, especially across multiple hub brands. How do you deal with tolerance differences to prevent brake rub? DE: The best way is to have ...

A disc brake has a disc shaped metal rotor spinning within a wheel. When pressure is applied to the brake pedal a caliper will squeeze the brake pads against the disc. Drum brakes are normal ...

The next-generation Royal Enfield Continental GT has been spied testing. Like the new Interceptor spotted earlier, the ...

Regular bicycle wheels wouldn’t do, as they’re not designed to work with a single-sided support. They also wanted to be able to mount disc brakes. Thus, they set about building a set of custom ...

This generates friction, slowing the drum and your bike.A disc brake system is comprised of a large metal rotor, 2 flat brake pads and a hydraulic clamp called a “caliper”. Pressing the brake ...

In disc-brake systems, the brake pads are the friction material the caliper squeezes against the rotating disc, or rotor, to slow the wheel’s rotation and stop the car. In drum brakes ...