The parking brake, or emergency brake, is usually attached to a car’s rear wheels. On vehicles with rear drum brakes, the parking brake is usually attached with cables to the rear brakes, as shown in ...

Brake jobs are basic but essential parts of auto maintenance. These tools recommended by our expert protect against common problems and pitfalls.

After recently completing the installation of a new rear suspension under our 1936 Phaeton it was time to complete that installation with a working emergency brake. Our first order of business was to ...

Brake warning signs are your car’s way of telling you that its most important safety system needs attention. Ignoring them can lead to dangerous situations and expensive repairs. Here are seven of the ...

If your brakes are sticking, pulling your vehicle to one side or just not stopping your car like they used to, you may have a faulty brake caliper. A brake caliper is the part that clamps down on your ...

Electronic parking brakes have quietly become one of the most common features in modern cars, including the best electric vehicles, replacing the familiar handbrake lever with a small button tucked ...

Manual gear sticks and chunky automatic gear selectors aren’t the only controls to have been replaced in a lot of modern cars by tiny switches – the humble handbrake made that transition quite some ...

These instructions for adjusting your parking brake work only if you have drum brakes on your rear wheels. If you have a manual transmission, you may have a transmission-type parking brake, which ...