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How does car brake work?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

You press a pedal that pushes a ram inside a hydraulic master cylinder, this increases pressure of hydraulic fluid in the lines that lead down to individual brake cylinders on each wheel. These cylinders push out a piston and that increases pressure on the disc pad or brake shoe.

-In modern vehicles there are many ancillary parts that I've not mentioned for simplicity. These will almost always include a booster, a proportioning valve and an ABS system.

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