It’s long been common practice for fans of muscle-era cars to upgrade the four-wheel drum brakes, typical of that period, to front discs. For years, doing so required sourcing parts from donor ...

While all the '70s and '80s favorite lowrider GM models will always be long and cool, what's not-so cool on them are the hideous-looking rear drum brakes. Though these big body styles do come with ...

A comprehensive new electronic catalog featuring the expanded Abex line of original equipment-quality replacement air disc brake pads for commercial vehicles is now available from Federal-Mogul. The ...

More than ever, high-performance enthusiasts want well-rounded performance cars. Raw, straight-line acceleration in isolation is no longer adequate, if it ever was. In recent months, HOT ROD has ...

Modern automotive disc brake designs share common features. The primary components are a rotor and caliper. The rotor attaches to the wheel hub and rotates at the same speed as the wheel and tire ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake has commenced production of its air disc brakes at the company’s Kentucky plant making it the first truck brake manufacturer to mass produce disc brakes ...

Long before brands like Porsche, Mercedes, and Cadillac made it trendy to dress up your disc brake parts so they'd display like jewelry from behind the car's spinning wheels, drum brakes were the norm ...

Citing soaring adoption rates, Bendix has announced that it will double its production of air disc brakes for commercial vehicles. Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems said that the air disc brake (ADB) ...

New braking rules require shorter panic stops, but the resulting stronger brakes will have otehr benefits like increased fade resistance on long downgrades. Emerging from truck factories in the U.S.