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Know Your Car Brakes Well

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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

Are Your VW Brake Boosters doing Their Job?

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The VW part that really amplifies your foot pedal pressure is the VW Brake Boosters . As you footstep on the pedal, the brake booster enhances the performance of built-in assist, which effectively multiplies the applied force to function a vacuum through the rubber hose, which runs from the intake manifold. The brake booster increases the compression in the master cylinder to energy other brake system components to come in contact with the brake discs and ensure stoppage. Backed by German precision engineering, brake boosters require built-in assist which you cannot find in drum brake vehicles. There are cases when you have installed all brand new pistons, seals, hoses and pads in all wheels and also the hand brake. Then, after flushing the system and putting in the recommended fluid and bleeding properly, you still get a very hard pedal and very poor braking. You might suspect that the VW Brake Booster is not doing its job. Although when you pump the pedal a couple of times to expe