Inspectors pulled 2,296 commercial vehicles off the road during the 2025 Brake Safety Week, a 15.1% out-of-service rate virtually identical to 2024's 15% failure rate. With next year's enforcement ...

It’s taken a lot longer than expected but, at last, Bikemagic editor Mike Davis has published the piece he’s has been promising to publish for some time. Davis has been a regular contributor to the ...

Stance is a big part of giving your Chevy the right look, but sometimes we make sacrifices in the process. For our early Chevelle project car we nailed the stance with about 4 inches of total drop up ...

Imagine having a brand new truck sidelined during a roadside inspection because the inspector didn't understand what he was looking at . That happened more than once as the first of the ...

This week the UCI announced the continued testing of disc brakes in professional cycling for 2016, with men and women allowed to use the new braking technology on the road from January 1. If this ...

At the 2013 Eurobike, Shimano advertised its new road hydraulic brakes with an image of four pros looking yearningly at the system of calipers, rotors and hoses stowed behind glass – out of reach and ...

Proportioning valves come in all shapes and sizes and vary considerably depending on the car you are working on. But the most common problem you'll face is which valve should be used on which car. To ...

A car crusher is an interesting device. As we work, play and sleep, the crusher marches on, eating up everything in its path. Between junkyard visits, acres of cars are replaced with new wrecks, and ...

Better stopping power is probably the most oft-touted advantage of air disc brakes, but advanced drum brakes easily meet the requirements, too. However, when you look at the reduced and simplified ...

When Jim O'Connell bought his 1955 Chevrolet 210 Del Ray seven years ago, it already had a front disc brake conversion kit of unknown origin installed that used 11-inch rotors and stock GM S-10 single ...

A disc brake is a type of brake that uses calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc in order to create friction that retards the rotation of a shaft, such as a vehicle axle, either to reduce ...