Quality-Built Brake Pads and Rotors Powered by MPA
Backed by over fifty years of product innovation and engineering expertise, Motorcar Parts of America is proud to announce the addition of Quality-Built replacement brake pads and rotors to our extensive product portfolio. This full line of brake system components provides a wide range of application coverage and options for every type of driver and
Brake Tips 2.0
Keep these tips in mind so you don’t get stuck on your next brake job.
Why Does My Car Shake When I Brake?
Assuming that new pads and rotors will automatically fix the problem will only create more issues.
Measuring Once Prevents Brake Comebacks
Runout is defined as the amount of lateral (side-to-side) movement of the rotor as it rotates 360 degrees.
AAPEX 2020 To Be Virtual Experience
SEMA also announces in-person SEMA Show will not take place in 2020.
Lubrication Specialties Hand Sanitizer Now Available
Multiple sizes of this World Health Organization formulation are available from 16-ounce to 330-gallon.
Rotary Launches New ‘Find My Lift’ Tool And Unveils New Website
The tool allows users to easily search, sort and browse by a number of different categories, including vehicle class, lift capacity, lift type, product features and more.
Brake Rotors Don’t Warp & The Earth Is Not Flat
By declaring a customer’s brake pedal pulsation complaint is caused by warped rotors is like saying the earth is flat. Both are cases where the observation of the person is based on a tiny piece of evidence that is false in nature and application.
Brake Pad & Rotor Matching
Many techs believe that installing new pads and rotors is the solution to brake noise and vibration, and that installing new parts makes everything perfectly aligned so that no other steps are needed to bring the system back to service. Well, this is true and false.
Drag Reducing Brake Hardware
Reducing brake drag on late-model vehicles is not done by a single component, it is a system. At the master cylinder on some vehicles, there might be a quick-take-up-valve in the replenish port to hydraulically pull the caliper piston back from the rotor. At the caliper, OEMs are using seals with a special profile designed to retract the piston. Some vehicles are even using the valves in the ABS module to electronically retract the pistons. On the caliper bracket, engineers are designing hardware that can push the pad away from the rotor.
