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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thin tubes push high-pressure fluid to four corners of your vehicle. With this, a modern hydraulic braking system hauls your rig down to a firm stop. Or, so you hope. In our world, big tires and ...