Brake Pads and Rotors – Wheel End
Brake Job: 2010-2019 Ford Fiesta

The front brakes are the conventional single-piston floating caliper design.

Servicing Carbon-Ceramic Brakes

Ceramic or carbon fiber composite rotors are extremely durable.

Why Some Bearings Rarely Fail

No matter the type of bearing, they can fail for the same reasons.

Wheel Bearing Adjustment And Preload Procedures

Tapered roller bearings can carry a heavy load because of a larger contact patch between the rollers and races.

Brake Job: 2009-2014 Ford F-150

When you remove the rear rotors, inspect the ABS tone ring and the condition of the parking brake hardware.

Brake Fluid Service

Visual inspection of the fluid can be extremely misleading.

Wheel Bearings And Wheel Speed Sensors

A modern scan tool can graph the output of multiple wheel speed sensors on a test drive.

Brake Pad Environmental Update

The focus on tires and brake pads has come about because emissions coming from the tailpipe have been significantly reduced.

2007-2018 Jeep Wrangler JK Brake Job

The main problems technicians will encounter are pulsation and judder from the front brakes.

What Is Behind Wheel Bearing Noise?

A caliper that’s sticking or a brake pad that’s loose and dragging may make a metallic scraping noise.

A Brake Pad Is Born

From the initial design to the final packaging, here’s a look at what it takes to make a brake pad.

Brake Job: 2005-2011 Volkswagen Jetta And Golf

The brake system does not differ greatly from the previous platform, but it does have a few quirks.