If you haven’t changed rear brake pads on a newer car recently, you might be surprised to find it can’t be done without special tools. It’s been probably 30 years since I replaced rear pads on a car, ...

When it comes to cars and car parts, a lot goes into sending you down the road and making sure you can come to a stop when you arrive at your destination. As you're probably aware, our vehicles rely ...

It's a beautiful spring day, and a perfect time to break the winter seal on the garage and drive around in your classic Corvette, vintage motorcycle or whatever pride and joy you happen to have ...

Over the past year or so, I’ve become quite familiar with a good variety of new tools. There was the bearing and bushing removal-slash-installation kit, and who could forget having my world turned ...

Over the past few weeks we've looked at an ozone generator that supposedly helps to get bad smells out of a car, a flare nut wrench that helps to make easy work of changing out brake and power ...

Like an oil change, replacing your car’s brake pads is a do-it-yourselfer’s rite of passage—the next scout badge, the hard-earned promotion, the leveling up of a wrencher. But not everyone has an ...

Auto repair is costly. There is no way to get around that without enrolling in technical school and spending years learning the trade to hone the skills to do it yourself. Even then, industry and ...

A brake caliper is a vital part of the vehicle's braking system. It is pivotal in decelerating the wheels and bringing the vehicle to a halt. Let us understand their structure and function in detail.

Even if you've been diligently replacing brake fluid every year or two, there will come a time when you'll need to disassemble the calipers for a bit of up-close TLC, not the kind they get at the end ...

A good braking setup is as essential to performance and lap times as a powerful engine, and even more for safety. Braking technology has made quite a few advances over the years, going from drum ...