While changing your brakes is by no means a job for a first-time at-home mechanic, those with a handful of tools and some shade-tree wrenching experience should feel comfortable undertaking the task.

To the uninitiated mechanic, changing your brakes can feel like a very daunting task.However, there’s been many a person who has seen what a good mechanic charges in labor for a brake job and ...

Brakes are a vital part of every vehicle, and important for safety, but they’re also relatively easy to replace. This article will help walk you through a DIY brake job. As part of their normal ...

Any mechanic will tell you that it’s time to change your brake pads when the lining is in the 3 mm to 4 mm range. For context, the standard thickness of new brake linings is 12 mm.

When To Change Your Brake Pads You must change the pads every 25 000 to 75 000 miles depending on how and where you drive. If you hear them squeak or grind, it could be a dead giveaway, but to make ...

Dear Tom and Ray: I recently needed to replace my brakes, and the shop sold me on ceramic brake pads. The pads have a lifetime warranty, which is very appealing. I also was told that ceramic pads ...

EBC Brakes lists rotor size in its catalog. Corvettes manufactured between 1988 and 1994 with Z51, Z52, Z07, Z01 or ZR1 RPO codes have RPO J55 13-inch front brake rotors with mounting brackets to ...