What would make the hydraulics on this brake system pulsate constantly, and make an odd clicking sound when stepped on HARD. I am aware of an anti-lock sensor located somewhere. But I'm confused by the clicking sound. Facts are. I've replace...

I have a 94 Chevy Z71. The brake pedal is soft, tried bleeding them with no effect. There are no noticeable leaks, and fluid level stays good. While bleeding the brakes noticed that the pedal felt good with the engine off or with the vacuum...

I have a 1992 Buick Century Limited, 3300 Ltr, no ABS. Usually on the first run of the day one of the rear wheels will lock up and skid while applying the brakes for a moderate stop. One mech told me it was accumulated brake dust. I removed...

My Chevy S10 Park brake sticks anytime the temperture drops below freezing. The only way I can unstick it is drive on it for a minute till the friction heats it up. I know this is ruining it. When I pull the release lever it sounds like it i...

Hi, I have a brake problem on a 2005 Ford Escape with disc/drums. It was purchase used from a Ford dealership with 11K miles and now has 25K and is still under warranty. For the past few months I noticed a pulsing or vibration in the brakes...

I bought this car less than a month ago, after I got it I noticed that sometimes, and sometimes only the brakes would be very touchy. IE; barely touch them and it was like I was slamming on them. It felt like the brake was on all the time, a...

Unlike disc brakes, which are self-adjusting by their design, the drum brakes commonly utilized on the rear wheels of many vehicles do require an initial adjustment whenever new linings are installed and may require routine readjustments in...

One of the most important safety features on your car is the braking system. While the easiest, most common repair is replacing the brake pads, routine wear and tear will eventually require you to replace the brakes themselves. Many cars hav...

The 1999 Ford Taurus uses brake pads on the front and rear wheels, giving the Taurus better braking power than it would have if the rear brakes were drums. Another advantage of rear pads is that they're easier to change than drums. While fro...

Your 1996 Jeep Cherokee uses brake pads in the calipers on the front end to provide approximately 70 percent of the stopping power for the Jeep. As a result, the front pads wear much faster than the rear shoes. Inspection and replacement of...

Virtually all vehicles manufactured up to the mid-1970s used drum brakes on all four wheels. However, most modern vehicles use disc brakes on the front of the vehicle and drum brakes on the rear only. Drum brakes operate when the internal br...

Brake lights have been an important safety feature on automobiles since the early twentieth century. Automakers are also required to install high mounted brake lights in addition to the normal right-hand and left-hand brake lights. All three...

Beyond the general maintenance cars require such as oil changes and tune-ups, one of the most common parts that wear out are brake pads. If you do a lot of stop-and-go driving, for instance, you know how often you need to change your brake p...

The Mercury Cougar comes equipped with either disc or drum brakes in the rear. If your Cougar has disc brakes you will need to purchase tool T87P-2588 from the Mercury dealership in order to replace them. Read further to learn how to perform...

Though you may have perfectly good brake pads and calipers on your Oldsmobile Alero, if your car is pulsing and shuddering when you hit the brakes, the rotors may be the culprit. Though rotors rarely need to be replaced, if they become warpe...

The 1993 Buicks came equipped with drum-type rear brakes. The rear wheel hubs mount the brake drum. A fixed backing plate supports the hydraulic wheel cylinder, brake shoes and springs. Brake pressure is supplied from the master cylinder to...

Changing the brakes on a 1999 Ford truck involves removing and replacing four components. The brake caliper, brake pads, caliper mount and rotor must be replaced with new components sized to fit the truck. Brake rotors are shipped with a lay...

The brake lines of your vehicle use compression fittings to maintain pressure within your vehicle's brake system. It is vital to the safety of your vehicle that the brake system functions properly. A vital part of servicing or installing a b...

The 2000 Nissan Altima came equipped with four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes. The main components of disc brakes are the rotors, which are smooth metal discs connected directly to the wheels of the vehicle. The brake pads are squeezed against...

Most modern cars and pickups use disc brakes at all four wheels or disc brakes in the front and drum brakes in the rear. Cars with disc brakes at all four wheels tend to stop a car better than vehicles with drums on the rear, and discs are a...

Disc brakes are not only the safest and strongest brakes available for the 1992 Toyota pickup, they are also the cheapest and easiest to replace for the at-home mechanic. This is one reason why do-it-yourself mechanics are so happy with the...

Saab is a Swedish company that makes aircraft as well as automobiles. The first Saab car was produced in the late 1940s, and Saabs are still rolling off assembly lines as of 2010. The Saab 9-3 was introduced in 1998 and came standard with a...

The Nissan 350Z is a popular sports car from Nissan; it is the successor to the popular Nissan 300Z model. Fit for a performance vehicle, the car comes equipped with high-end brakes from the factory. Like anything else though, the factory ca...

The 2000 model Buick Regal has disc brakes in both the front and rear. Disc brakes consist of a brake rotor and hydraulic caliper on each wheel, controlled by a vacuum assisted master cylinder. The master cylinder delivers pressurized brake...

The 2002 Nissan Altima comes equipped with all wheel disc brakes. Nissan recommends that you inspect the components of the braking system frequently to recognize and service brakes that are in disrepair before they pose a safety risk. When d...

The front brake rotors on a 1995 Chevrolet S-10 do the majority of the braking on the small truck, and the parts wear out anywhere from every 10,000-30,000 miles, depending on your driving habits. When it comes time to change those brake pad...

The 2007 Dodge Caliber occupies the class of "crossover vehicle" for automaker Daimler/Chrysler. A crossover is a vehicle that has some of the same properties of sport utility vehicles while maintaining the driving characteristics of sedans....

Replacing brake pads is a straight forward procedure that anyone with a set of basic tools can perform. All that a person needs is an hour, some attention to detail, and the right tools for the job. Follow these instructions and you'll be dr...

The 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer was manufactured with a disk braking system, which uses calipers to apply stopping friction to spinning rotors. The system has several regular maintenance parts, such as the pads and rotors, that can be changed...

The 2003 Pontiac Bonneville features front disc brakes with brake pads. It may also feature rear disc brakes with brake pads or rear drum brakes with brake shoes. No matter which set of brake pads you need to replace (front or rear), the pro...

The VW Jetta has become an enduringly popular car in North America, vying with the also popular Golf as the best selling Volkswagen. The rear brakes on the Jetta should be inspected regularly and replaced if necessary. If your brakes are squ...

The Chevrolet HHR is a retro-style, five-door hatchback sedan introduced in 2006 by General Motors to compete with Chrysler's popular PT Cruiser. The HHR is still rolling off of assembly lines as of 2010, virtually unchanged from its origina...

Like most vehicles, the brake shoes on a Chrysler Town Country work primarily with the parking brake, so they may not need changing as often as brake pads. If the shoes do need to be replaced, you need to change the shoes on both rear wheels...

The 1992 Oldsmobile Achieva replaced Oldsmobile's previous sedan, the Calais. The Achieva came in two- or four-door models and ran on a four-cylinder engine. It has all-around disc brakes, which make it rather easy for the do-it-yourself mec...

Heavy-duty trucks such as the Dodge 3500 are used to haul and tow heavy loads, putting severe stress on the brake system. Periodically the hydraulic fluid in the brake system must be changed, or components in the brake system must be replace...

The front brake rotors on a 2004 Dodge Stratus are steel discs mounted to the wheel hub. The brake caliper is mounted above the rotors. When the brake pedal is pressed, the caliper forces two brake pads against the rotor slowing the vehicle...

Prior to the invention of the vacuum brake booster, brakes were a lot more difficult to operate. Foot power was all that pushed brake fluid into the system, making it tough to drive for long periods of time. The vacuum brake booster uses vac...

The braking system on a Hyundai Elantra is made up of three key parts. The entire system requires frequent inspection, repair and (if necessary) replacement to ensure that the vehicle meets governmental safety standards and the standards exp...

The front rotors on your Suzuki XL7 are a key part of the braking system and should be either turned or replaced with every brake job. Turning the brakes resurfaces them by grinding off the high spots on the rotor, making it flat again. Befo...

The 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan always employs front disc brakes and pads, as do all vehicles nowadays. However, it may feature rear disc brakes on some all-wheel drive models or it may feature rear drum brakes on front-wheel drive models. Whil...

GMC has made many trucks over the years, and most of them have four-wheel drive available if it is not already standard to begin with. GMC is smart enough to make their vehicles similar enough that changing the brakes on one of their four-wh...

Removing the brake caliper from your 2002 Mazda 626 allows you to replace a defective caliper, rebuild the current caliper or work on other parts of the car that the caliper may interfere with reaching. Removing the caliper completely requir...

Ford equipped its 1996 F-150 pickup trucks with a two-part brake line system for the front brakes. Metal brake lines carry pressurized fluid from the brake master cylinder to a connector mounted in a bracket inside of the wheel well. Rubber...

In 1986, Nissan produced pickup trucks in both the Frontier and the Pathfinder models. Replacing the brake rotors on either vehicle is the same process. The rotors are located behind all four wheels connected to the axles. There are four sec...

The process for changing the brake rotors on the 2002 Chevy Blazer and 2002 Chevy Blazer S10 is the same. The S10 Blazer has two doors and the Blazer has four, but both have one brake rotor behind each wheel. The brake rotor is a metal plate...

The Dodge 3500 truck is a big vehicle, designed to tow heavy loads and carry big objects. As a result, the braking system on the truck is more heavy duty than on lighter vehicles, and everything is a lot heavier physically. Taking off the ro...

The 2000 Ford Taurus uses disc brakes with brake calipers on all four wheels. All brake pads need replacing eventually, but it is normal that you'll need to change the front pads more frequently than the rear pads. There are slight differenc...

The reinforced rubber high-pressure brake hoses on the front of your 1996 Cadillac DeVille can dry rot or wear out over time, reducing the efficiency of the DeVille's brake system. If one of these hoses wears too much or develops a leak thro...

The Ford Taurus' rear brakes use brake shoes, which primarily work with the parking brake. These shoes are installed within cylinders encased by the brake drums. The brake shoes are held and controlled by multiple springs and levers, making...

The two terms are interchangeable: brake discs, brake rotors-- no matter what you call them--they eventually wear out with thousands of stops over the miles. When they do wear out they need to be replaced, otherwise they can crack from heat...