Brake rotors are a crucial component of a vehicle’s braking system, cooperating with brake pads to slow down the car and bring it to a complete stop. High-quality brake rotors exhibit reliable ...

While bleeding the fluid and changing the brake pads are important, changing the brake rotors is also essential. It’s difficult to know how often you should do so, as the requirements for each ...

Here is how much you can expect to pay for new brake pads and rotors. Brake pads are the consumable friction pads that press ...

Here is how much you can expect to pay for new brake pads and rotors. Brake pads are the consumable friction pads that press against the circular rotors, or brake discs, to slow your car when you ...

Drew Esherick: I usually prefer the stock semi-metallic pads. It’s not uncommon to switch to full metallic for a really muddy day, otherwise you might end up out of brake pad in just a few laps. CXM: ...

Brakes are one area where vehicle owners simply cannot compromise. Disc brake rotors, or discs, normally wear out because ...

While the federal government sets performance standards for brake systems in new vehicles, there are no government regulations covering replacement brake pads. Given that a large percentage of ...

Eddy currents are generated in two rotors as they spin through the field and slow the rotation of the driveshaft. The first current created generates an opposing current. The counter-opposing flux and ...

As I have been purchasing Firestone tires for our vehicles for decades, I immediately searched for a Firestone store close to our location. As luck would have it, there was a Firestone Complete ...

Lisa Firestone, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, author, and the Director of Research and Education for the Glendon Association. She studies suicide and violence as well as couples and family ...

Mechanical brakes arrest the energy of a machine or object via force, most commonly friction. Most individuals are familiar with automotive brakes, but mechanical brakes are also essential in material ...

Research Overview: The Brake lab examines how natural fluctuations in ovarian hormones across the estrus cycle in rats affect normal brain function and plasticity. There are two lines of research ...