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Disc Brakes Could Save Your Life!
Does your car have disc brakes? Chances are if it is a fairly new car it does. However if it’s very old it might not. Do you know why car manufactures changed from drum brakes to disc brakes? The answer is safety. Disc brakes stop faster and have less fade than the older style of drum brakes. Let’s look at why.
A drum brake looks like a flat plate with a large lip. The drum pads sit inside the drum brake and press against the lip. The way a brake works is to change kinetic energy from the motion of the car into heat through the friction of the brake pad rubbing against the lip of the drum brake. Because of the way the drum brake is packaged, there is little room for the heat build up to escape. With the lack of cooling the brake pad overheats and starts to lose some of its ability to cause friction with the drum. This is called brake fading and when a brake starts to fail, you cannot stop as fast.
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Smoothing Out the Braking System
A brake system is the chief failsafe fitted on cars. It enhances the pedal input applied on the brakes to make motion retardation short and swift. While the principle behind brake operations has undergone little reinvention over the years, the optimization of brake system parts has pushed the envelope of car braking system and kept it an even keel with present-day car technology.
Composed of hydraulic and friction brakes assemblies, the brake system relies on the performance of its individual parts to give drivers a tight rein of their car. The hydraulic brake assembly is the lesser light in the car brake system. Collectively this assembly converts foot pressure hydraulically, which the system then uses to operate the friction brakes.
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Know Your Brakes – Disc Vs Drum
The world is all about balance and the same goes for your car. While 0 to 60 times are certainly great, 60 to 0 times are as well! When it comes to braking systems, you have a choice between two types – disc and drum.
What is the biggest issue when it comes to slowing down a car with brakes? The answer may seem obvious – how quickly you can slow the car down. This is an immediate concern, but the bigger issue for most passenger cars is the ability of the brake system to deal with heat caused by the friction of the slowing process. The better a brake system can get rid of heat, the longer it will perform well and last.
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