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 ...

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 ...

So you've swapped out your old, weathered brake lines for some fresh stainless steel. Great! Now you just have to fill those fancy new lines with brake fluid, a tiresome and boring process that ...

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 ...