If your car has low brake fluid levels (see “Checking Brake Fluid”), it usually means that there’s a leak somewhere in your wheel cylinders or your brake lines, which are the lines that run underneath ...

Steel brake lines look fantastic but also offer a more firm feel to the brake pedal. This happens because the rubber brake line first expands a bit as you press down on the brake pedal. It takes a ...

You're jamming across the dirt about to carve a tight turn through a sandy berm or you're puttering through a busy school zone on the way to pick up your kid. These two scenarios would seem to have ...

The importance of a well-designed and fully functioning braking system has never been more apparent to me than during my last visit to the racetrack. I was driving my dad's '06 C6 Corvette in a local ...

Unlike the brake lines, which are metal tubes that run the length of the car, the short brake hose found at each wheel is made of rubber. The hose’s job is to carry brake fluid from a brake line fixed ...

We bring all of our senses to task when riding a motorcycle — with the possible exception of taste! — to operate the machines below us and maintain a certain level of safety. It’s as if we become part ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This past week, I replaced rotted-out brake lines under my landlord's $1 Oldsmobile, and let me just say: It was total hell. I wrenched in my ...