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.
Yet the demands and sophistication on our braking systems has certainly increased from the time of simple short driving in the `950. Consider that auto dealerships used to make their money and profits on car sales. Along came the interstate highway system and long haul trips. Lots more miles on cars and family trips and vacations. Add to the mix suburbanization and commutes to add up those miles. Sure these are highway trips with little brake use and braking over the miles and kilometers. Yet speeds on our highways and demands on car brakes and brake linings have greatly increased. Thus highway trips or commutes may mean fewer stops and brake use. Yet when vehicles do stop - to pull off the highway, to slow down for toll booths and bridges , or just a plain wholesale stop in the road, it's a situation of great stress on brakes on brake linings to take this punishment. As a result of all the miles put on by most drivers, dealerships make a fair amount of their profit on auto service and not so much today on the initial purchase of the new or used vehicles.
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 ABS or "anti-lock " electronic braking safety systemson-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.
When you step on the brakes momentum throws most of the automobile's weight in a forward direction. Approximately 60 % of the braking force generated in a vehicle is created and exerted by the front wheels, as opposed to the rear wheel brake system. For balanced braking it is necessary to have greater braking and stopping capacity at the front end of the car. Thus in the development and manufacture of autos and automobile models generally disk type brakes are employed at the front wheels, with less expensive older style drum brakes at the rear. This arrangement of front disc brakes and rear less expensive drum brakes seems to work well overall in road handling while lessening the chance of visiting a dealership service center.
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 auto collisionevents. Consider that in your vehicle maintenance and inspection schedule and schedules.
Yet the demands and sophistication on our braking systems has certainly increased from the time of simple short driving in the `950. Consider that auto dealerships used to make their money and profits on car sales. Along came the interstate highway system and long haul trips. Lots more miles on cars and family trips and vacations. Add to the mix suburbanization and commutes to add up those miles. Sure these are highway trips with little brake use and braking over the miles and kilometers. Yet speeds on our highways and demands on car brakes and brake linings have greatly increased. Thus highway trips or commutes may mean fewer stops and brake use. Yet when vehicles do stop - to pull off the highway, to slow down for toll booths and bridges , or just a plain wholesale stop in the road, it's a situation of great stress on brakes on brake linings to take this punishment. As a result of all the miles put on by most drivers, dealerships make a fair amount of their profit on auto service and not so much today on the initial purchase of the new or used vehicles.
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 ABS or "anti-lock " electronic braking safety systemson-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.
When you step on the brakes momentum throws most of the automobile's weight in a forward direction. Approximately 60 % of the braking force generated in a vehicle is created and exerted by the front wheels, as opposed to the rear wheel brake system. For balanced braking it is necessary to have greater braking and stopping capacity at the front end of the car. Thus in the development and manufacture of autos and automobile models generally disk type brakes are employed at the front wheels, with less expensive older style drum brakes at the rear. This arrangement of front disc brakes and rear less expensive drum brakes seems to work well overall in road handling while lessening the chance of visiting a dealership service center.
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 auto collisionevents. Consider that in your vehicle maintenance and inspection schedule and schedules.
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A brake is a mechanical device which inhibits motion. Friction brakes on autosstore braking heat in the drum brake or disc brake while braking then conduct it to the air gradually. When traveling downhill some vehicles can use their engines to brake.
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