Glossary of Breaking Terms

This section with give you a brief description of all those strange words used in the braking industry. Abrasive Friction The mechanical rubbing of the brake pad material directly onto the brake disc, resulting in the mechanical wear of both pad and disc ABS Acronym for Anti-Lock Braking system. Anti Lock braking systems sense the […]

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Fundamentals of Brake Calculation

Fundamentals of Brake Calculation

Brake Calculations There are many books on brake systems but if you need to find a formula for something in particular, you never can. This page pulls them together with just a little explanation. They should work for any two axle vehicle but it’s YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to verify them. Use them at your risk…..   […]

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What is the basic of cutting brake and it's working operation ?

Basics of Cutting Brake Cutting brakes are a system of levers, switches, or pedals that allow you to lock up individual brakes in order to stop one wheel and then use the other wheels to drive the vehicle, thus pivoting around that locked wheel. The result is a tremendously tight turning radius, and they can […]

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