Four former employees reopened Rockford’s shuttered Gunite foundry Nov. 20 as Rockford Brake Manufacturing, which poured its first iron and resumed brake drum production after Accuride’s 2024 ...

Most modern cars stopped using drum brakes years ago, adopting disc brakes for their improved performance and heat resistance. Those sound like pretty good reasons, so you'd think they'd be just as ...

As of 2025, the once-ubiquitous humble brake drum has practically faded into obscurity, and fade is a familiar word for most people who have ever driven a drum-braked classic car hard on a twisty ...

Technology around us is growing at a faster rate than we can say "What's the Wi-Fi password?" However, there are still some things that haven't changed since they were invented and are still in use ...

When it comes to cars, the brake system is one of the most vital components. Virtually all modern automotive brake systems work using hydraulic brake fluid to generate the pressure necessary to ...

Drum brakes are still commonplace on the rear of non-performance vehicles because few vehicles need the additional stopping power provided by rear discs. Modern front disc brakes are sized according ...

In the simplest terms, nearly every modern car on the planet uses disk brakes: a rotor attached to a hub with a caliper with brake pads fixed to the control arm at each wheel. The driver presses the ...

Mercedes has developed a new in-drive braking system touted as having several significant advantages. It is "virtually maintenance-free," traps brake dust, is better for the environment and promises ...

A build up of surface corrosion on outer brake drums is completely normal and doesn't, as a rule, affect the car – replacing the drums will obviously improve the appearance, but until you need to as a ...