We are not all flat-landers who live, work and commute day by day on flat prairie land. Many live in hilly and mountainous areas. You would think that braking system effectiveness and reliability would be top on the list of most motorists and automobile owners when it comes to service and maintenance attention and schedules yet sadly break system inspection and service is at the bottom of most automobile owner's priority and items to do list when it comes to their vehicles. Yet its not that we live in a smaller country like Cyprus or South Korea but in the larger expanses of Canada & the US where we do a lot of miles & km and often have to use our brakes to slow down from highway speeds. We use our vehicles - cars , trucks, vans and S.U.V.'s well.
One simple question to ask most motorists. When was the last time you changed your hydraulic brake fluid. Brake fluid, is inexpensive yet deteriorates over time with dirt, moisture and humidity. Its a simple drive over to the Waverly Auto Mall in Winnipeg for a routine take the wheels off inspection of your brake pads and calipers for wear and in the case of the calipers or rotors - scoring. You would think that simple routine "bleeding of the brakes" to drain out the brake fluid, and then replace it with new fluid would be a standard auto repair service. Hydraulic brake fluid should be replaced on a standard 2 year schedule. More often perhaps in cases of extreme service - taxis, police cars, vehicles in frigid cold winter climes. Yet most vehicles enter the auto junkyard with the exact same brake fluid which filled their car's brake cylinders, reservoirs and brake lines when the automobile was manufactured at the factory level.
As the pressure is supplied to the wheel cylinders, it causes the cylinder pistons to move and pressure is applied to the brake drum or discs through the brake shoes or pads. The friction that then exists between the brake shoes or pads (which are lined with friction materials) and the brake drum or disc is what stops the wheels from turning round. Hence your wheels will stop rotating and your vehicle should slow down and come to a stop. Newer cars, trucks & Sport Utility Vehicles now sport on-hand, to add to the road safety mix as well. With ABS systems the brakes "pulsate" when solid pressure is applied to the brake pedal. Sure a driver on a slippery Winnipeg ice covered winter street could "pump" his brakes instead. Yet its one solid push on the brakes rather than driver pumping. The advantage, when it comes to road safety, is that with ABS on hand, the car can steer through the slide, whereas with manual pumping of brakes the car is just a toboggan on the way to a collision. The problem though is with drivers both unfamiliar and untrained with the actions and routines of the newer electronic braking systems is that in a panic they will revert to their old style habit of brake pumping. Thu without auto owner education and training these new high tech systems can be of little actual practical benefit.
Routine maintenance of your car should include brake line and host inspection and inspections. Check for leaks, kinks and rust on the lines and leaks or other deterioration at the flexible hoses
Motorists often take their brake systems for more than granted and as a result these systems suffer little maintenance, attention and care. Yet in an emergency handling system a brake system that is in good stead may make the difference between a safe short stop and a messy and needless collisions and potential events. Consider that in your vehicle maintenance and inspection schedule and schedules.
One simple question to ask most motorists. When was the last time you changed your hydraulic brake fluid. Brake fluid, is inexpensive yet deteriorates over time with dirt, moisture and humidity. Its a simple drive over to the Waverly Auto Mall in Winnipeg for a routine take the wheels off inspection of your brake pads and calipers for wear and in the case of the calipers or rotors - scoring. You would think that simple routine "bleeding of the brakes" to drain out the brake fluid, and then replace it with new fluid would be a standard auto repair service. Hydraulic brake fluid should be replaced on a standard 2 year schedule. More often perhaps in cases of extreme service - taxis, police cars, vehicles in frigid cold winter climes. Yet most vehicles enter the auto junkyard with the exact same brake fluid which filled their car's brake cylinders, reservoirs and brake lines when the automobile was manufactured at the factory level.
As the pressure is supplied to the wheel cylinders, it causes the cylinder pistons to move and pressure is applied to the brake drum or discs through the brake shoes or pads. The friction that then exists between the brake shoes or pads (which are lined with friction materials) and the brake drum or disc is what stops the wheels from turning round. Hence your wheels will stop rotating and your vehicle should slow down and come to a stop. Newer cars, trucks & Sport Utility Vehicles now sport on-hand, to add to the road safety mix as well. With ABS systems the brakes "pulsate" when solid pressure is applied to the brake pedal. Sure a driver on a slippery Winnipeg ice covered winter street could "pump" his brakes instead. Yet its one solid push on the brakes rather than driver pumping. The advantage, when it comes to road safety, is that with ABS on hand, the car can steer through the slide, whereas with manual pumping of brakes the car is just a toboggan on the way to a collision. The problem though is with drivers both unfamiliar and untrained with the actions and routines of the newer electronic braking systems is that in a panic they will revert to their old style habit of brake pumping. Thu without auto owner education and training these new high tech systems can be of little actual practical benefit.
Routine maintenance of your car should include brake line and host inspection and inspections. Check for leaks, kinks and rust on the lines and leaks or other deterioration at the flexible hoses
Motorists often take their brake systems for more than granted and as a result these systems suffer little maintenance, attention and care. Yet in an emergency handling system a brake system that is in good stead may make the difference between a safe short stop and a messy and needless collisions and potential events. Consider that in your vehicle maintenance and inspection schedule and schedules.
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For routine auto service its good to know that disc or rotor types setupsis a wheel brake which slows rotation of the wheel by the friction caused by pushing brake pads against a brake disc with a set of calipers. The brake discis usually made of cast iron, but may in some cases be made of composites such as reinforced carbon-carbon or ceramic matrix composites.
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