Know Your Car Brakes Well
One of the most important safety features of automobile is braking system available to the driver. And as a result, car manufacturers have devoted extensive years to refine and develop the best braking system to make the car as well as the driver safe. To enhance the new braking system, power assisted brakes was designed and introduced. The basics of the automotive braking system are the same regardless of whether you are considering power or non-power, disc or drum so let's consider that first. When you push on the brake pedal, you are forcing a plunger into a cylinder (called the master cylinder) filled with brake fluid. Brake fluid is an oily liquid that has features of corrosion and temperature resistance that make it especially suitable for brake systems. This system uses the power of the engine as well as energy from the battery to increase the break efficiency. Most modern cars have disc brakes on the front wheels, and some have disc brakes on all four wheels. This is th...