Brakes FAQs
How do brakes work?
- Here is a quick lesson: By pressing down on the brake pedal, you activate the cylinder that delivers brake fluid to the calipers that then engage your brake pads. Your brake pads then apply pressure to the rotors, creating the friction needed to stop your car. You see, it’s all connected.
- All your brake parts work together to perform one important and crucial function: safe and precise stopping power.
What is a Brake Inspection
- Thorough, comprehensive, extensive, and methodical are just a few characteristics that describe our brake inspections. When we say brake inspections, we not only mean it, but we demonstrate it on every automobile we service. Because in order to detect a problem, we need technicians that not only can spot potential problems, but also have the know-how and precision to regain brake effectiveness. When we’re finished, you will have total confidence knowing your vehicle has received a brake inspection that is hard to match.
- Brake Inspections include checking your brake:
- Pads (and/or shoes)
- Calipers
- Rotors (and/or drums)
- Wheel cylinders
- Hardware (springs and adjusters)
- Hoses
- Parking brake cables
- Fluid condition
- Wheel bearings and grease seals
- Master cylinder fluid exchange
How often should I have my brakes inspected?
- You should have your brakes checked at least one time a year. A yearly checkup will not only give you the confidence and guidance of our expert technicians, it will also provide you with the best opportunity to spot the necessary smaller repairs to avoid the bigger and more expensive ones. If you are experiencing any warning symptoms, then a more immediate inspection may be required.
What are brake pads?
- Brake pads are the parts that make contact with your rotors and cause friction in order to stop your car.
What is a rotor?
- The rotor is directly connected to each tire. To stop your car, the rotor must stop spinning. It stops spinning by friction created by the brake pad.
What is a caliper?
- The caliper applies pressure and activates brake pads so the pads create contact with the rotors. The caliper requires brake fluid in order to function properly.
What is a brake hose?
- When you press down on your brake pedal, brake fluid travels through the brake hose to each caliper, which puts pressure on the pads to stop the rotors.
What exactly is brake fluid?
- Brake fluid is a crucial element needed to make your brakes operate successfully. When pressure is generated in the brake fluid lines, energy is distributed to your brake parts so they can perform their main job – stopping your car. If you have a brake fluid leak, your car could take longer to stop or worse, won’t stop at all. If your vehicle has no brake fluid, you’re brakes won’t operate.