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most the braking comes from the front.but too much and yer car dives,too little and yer bak end will slide around to the front on slippery surfaces(like an e brake slide)
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Why do you need front brakes?
The front brakes on any vehicle do most of the stopping. When you apply the brakes the weight shifts to the front of the vehicle. For this reason the front brakes are needed more than the rear. Try stopping a vehicle with just the hand brake which applies only the rear brakes.
Why would the brakes on the rear-passenger wheel make a grinding metal-on-metal noise but continue to function properly?
there is a little metal plate that scrapes the rotor to warn you when your pads are getting too warn down True, if you have rear disc brakes. But if, like most cars built before 2000 and many cars built since, you have rear drum brakes, you probably have a loose spring or something of the like. Drum brakes have springs and cables to hold the shoes in position. If a spring snaps, the shoes will be off center in the drum, causing a grinding sound. They may still work like always. Also important is that rear brakes do only 25% of the work. It's possible that the shoes need to be replaced and the drums turned or replaced even if you are able to stop with no problem. Ignoring a problem with brakes will end up costing a whole lot more money in the long run.
Why wont the wheel move after replacing brakes?
The reason will more than likely be because when you changed the pads you had to compress the caliper piston in order to put new pads on. you did'NT compress it far enough. did you have a hard time putting thr caliper and pads back over the rotor. If so this is your problem. When you say that the tire doesn't spin, do you mean it feels like someone has their foot on the brake or that it doesn't spin as freely as it did befor you changed the brakes. write back and let me know.
What is the best method to raise the ride height front and back on a 72 dart?
For the front you turn the torsion bar nuts (one on each side) like your tightening them to raise the front of the vehicle and for the back you can add air shocks or more leafs to the springs, be sure to get the vehicle aligned when doing this as it will throw the alignment off.
Is it hard changing back brake pads?
brake pads are decently easy to replace for disc bakes, but more complicated for drum brakes. for disc brakes all you have to do is remove the wheel, take off the caliper and depress the piston, then put in the new pads and put the caliper back on. the caliper is held on by 2 bolts on almost every car. for drum brakes you have to take off the wheel and drum. the drum slides off like the wheel. but the pads in drum brakes have a bunch of springs and clips attached to them and you have to adjust a little ratcheting screw spacer. it can be done easily but requires slightly more thinking. NEVER HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE ANY CALIPERS/DRUMS ARE REMOVED it will cause the pistons to fall out and you will have to rebuild your calipers/drums
Why aren't hydraulic brakes used for rear wheels when the same is used for the front wheels?
All modern mass-produced cars and light trucks DO have hydraulic brakes on the front and the rear wheels. Heavy trucks generally have air brakes on all the wheels. Maybe you are thinking of cars that have disk brakes on the front and drum brakes on the rear? On cars, these are both hydraulically operated using the same hydraulic (brake) fluid. In normal stopping situations, the front brakes do more work than the rear brakes. Maybe 70 or 80% of the braking is done by the front wheels (it depends on where the weight is in the car and how fast you stop). Disk brakes are a somewhat better brake for a car, but drum brakes are a little cheaper to manufacture. So, disk brakes are almost always used on the front wheels where the braking is more important. Drum brakes are used on the back of some cars to save money. Note that performance cars (sports cars) almost always have disk brakes on all of the wheels.
Is it normal for your front disk brakes to heat up more tthan your back brakes?
yes they do most of the stopping
Why should I repair my front brakes?
If you don't repair your front brakes, your back brakes will wear down faster. This will cost you more money in the long run. It's probably important to have all your brakes working.
Do front or rear brakes have more stopping power?
Front brakes have significantly more stopping power than rear brakes.
What is the cost of brakes for a car?
New brakes for a vehicle depends on the type of car that you have. The more expensive the car, then the more the brakes would cost. For front brakes on a less expensive vehicle could cost anywhere between $40-150. The back brakes are higher.
How do you install brakes on a Chevy Lumina?
This question needs to more specific. Disc or drum? Front or back?
Where online can I learn more about the brakes on an automobile?
You can learn all about the brakes in your cars and other cars by doing a simple search on your favorite SE. It's not hard to find out the steps to repairing your brakes.
Why do you need front brakes?
The front brakes on any vehicle do most of the stopping. When you apply the brakes the weight shifts to the front of the vehicle. For this reason the front brakes are needed more than the rear. Try stopping a vehicle with just the hand brake which applies only the rear brakes.
Are most cars to day front wheel or back wheel drives?
Economy and other smaller cars are more commonly front wheel drive. Light/medium duty trucks, luxury cars, SUVs, et. al. are more commonly rear wheel drive.
How do you brake safely with hand brakes?
You would push down on both the front brake and the back brake. You would want to put a little more pressure on the back brake and slowly add pressure to the front brake. If you slam on the front brakes there is a possibility that you will fly over the handle bars. I know from experience and it is not fun. I hope this helped.
Why is it important for drivers to allow more distance between their cars when they travel at faster speed?
Because if you are driving quickly and the driver in-front of you brakes hard then you have more time to react and have a less chance of crashing.
Why do front breaks wear out more quickly?
The front brakes generally do most of the work.
