Typical, medium-duty, hydraulic brake system with front discs (red circuit) and rear drums (green circuit). Boost, or assist (blue circuit), is provided by an engine-driven pump, although the power ...

The key to applying the brakes is of course the master cylinder, which can be chosen once the caliper/disc assemblies have been selected. The proper master cylinder selection criteria include the ...

You swapped out your axles for bigger, badder units and you increased the size of the brake components on the axle as well. Well, you’ll typically find that now you’ve got insufficient fluid flow from ...

Gerald Lum, Rolling Hills Estates, CA: Many of the cars inCar Craftand other mags show brake systems sans the vacuum booster. I think they do it for a cleaner, better-looking engine compartment. But ...