How do power brakes work? What is vacuum assist? How do brakes utilize a vacuum for added braking force? This video explains ...

Two brake assist systems do the same job in very different ways, and the power source behind each one changes feel, ...

We've done a lot of brake installation stories showing how to get bigger and better brakes. Unfortunately we tend to forget at times that even with the latest high-dollar brake systems, if you don't ...

A chip combines power control and wheel-speed sensing in one device, reducing parts, saving space, and helping build ...

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has entered into an agreement with International Truck and Engine Corp. to supply its new hydraulic power brake system as standard equipment on select models of ...

Energy is some weird stuff that can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be changed into different forms, but during these transformations, the total amount of energy in any given system-or ...

Conventional car brakes are built with one thing in mind, the purpose of stopping the car. Since this purpose is essential, a great deal of time and resources were invested in the evolution of such ...

While many hot rods are driven with rough-running engines, suspensions that are too stiff, or horns that don't work, no car, hot rod or not, should be driven with brakes that aren't 100 percent. Since ...

International Truck and Engine Corp. has rolled out a new brake system on select medium-duty truck models that it says will provide enhanced braking capabilities. Yesterday, a new full power hydraulic ...

When it comes to performance upgrades, we all want to make the number; if we're talking stopping distances, we want that number to be small. But it's too easy to focus on the end product rather than ...

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has entered into an agreement with International Truck and Engine Corp. to supply its new hydraulic power brake system as standard equipment on select models of ...