Monday, August 26, 2013

How Long Since You Had Your Brake Pads Inspected For Wear ?

How Long Since You Had Your Brake Pads Inspected For Wear ?

By Brad Klassen


Vehicles on the road today have a much more complex and sophisticated system than in yesteryear. Cars today generally have a four wheel hydraulic braking system, to exert pressure on all four wheels, allowing the car to stop in a straight and even line.

What occurs when you put on the "brakes" either directly or through a booster assembly by means of hydraulic brake fluid to the wheel cylinders fundamentally through a series of steel lines and flexible hoses? The pressure that you apply to the pedal is transmitted to the brake system master cylinder.

Periodic brake inspections are a must for safe and efficient brake operation You want to maintain your vehicle so that your brake system can stop you quick and straight. This is even more vital for events which deal with roadside and roadway safety. Simpson says that the safety brake inspection must not only be routine and on a regular and ongoing schedule but also more than through. Expert mechanics as well as highly trained and experienced dealership service writers often advise that is the best plant for the technician as well as any supervisory staff who are involved in the actual work or delegation of the brake system safety and wear inspection process develop a checklist in order that no areas of important are overlooked. Pilots have check lists to prepare for their journey and so should you. It is common and prudent sense. Otherwise come one Sunday morning Manitoba drive you may find yourself at the back end of an auto collision and become an auto shopper a lot sooner than you planned. We rely on our brakes so much yet we often take them granted giving them little thought of routine maintenance. When it comes to safety systems on modern vehicles in 2013 a moments planning can pay huge benefits and savings. These savings are not only in terms of automobile budgets and car payments but also your time and prevention of mental distress and discord.

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.

Lastly when it is all said, done and completed a road test must be performed. Drive the automobile - be it car, truck, bus or S.U.V. to test brake action and confirm that all is in good and safe order overall expert's advice that the automobile product should stop quick and smooth during the testing drive - quickly as well as smoothly. There must be no tendency to "dive" or pull to one side or the other. Its all about routine maintenance and safety on the roads.




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