Can You Do Without Routine Professional Brake System Inspections ?
We are not all flat-landers who live, work and commute day by day on flat prairie land. Many live in hilly and mountainous areas. You would think that braking system effectiveness and reliability would be top on the list of most motorists and automobile owners when it comes to service and maintenance attention and schedules yet sadly break system inspection and service is at the bottom of most automobile owner's priority and items to do list when it comes to their vehicles. Yet its not that we live in a smaller country like Cyprus or South Korea but in the larger expanses of Canada & the US where we do a lot of miles & km and often have to use our brakes to slow down from highway speeds. We use our vehicles - cars , trucks, vans and S.U.V.'s well.
What occurs when you put on the "brakes" either directly or through a booster assembly by means of hydraulic brake fluid to the wheel cylinders fundamentally through a series of steel lines and flexible hoses? The pressure that you apply to the pedal is transmitted to the brake system master cylinder.
Periodic brake inspections are a must for safe and efficient brake operation You want to maintain your vehicle so that your brake system can stop you quick and straight. This is even more vital for events which deal with roadside and roadway safety. Simpson says that the safety brake inspection must not only be routine and on a regular and ongoing schedule but also more than through. Expert mechanics as well as highly trained and experienced dealership service writers often advise that is the best plant for the technician as well as any supervisory staff who are involved in the actual work or delegation of the brake system safety and wear inspection process develop a checklist in order that no areas of important are overlooked. Pilots have check lists to prepare for their journey and so should you. It is common and prudent sense. Otherwise come one Sunday morning Manitoba drive you may find yourself at the back end of an auto collision and become an auto shopper a lot sooner than you planned. We rely on our brakes so much yet we often take them granted giving them little thought of routine maintenance. When it comes to safety systems on modern vehicles in 2013 a moments planning can pay huge benefits and savings. These savings are not only in terms of automobile budgets and car payments but also your time and prevention of mental distress and discord.
What topics should be on such a list for the technician, mechanic or service writer to check off? First the brake pedal and master cylinders must be checked. Check the brake pedal "free play". There should be ample travel; the pedal should be firm and not spongy. The master cylinder should not be leaking and the fluid levels of the braking hydraulic fluids should be adequate or topped up. Next check the stoplight switch. Check switch operation by inspecting rear brake lights when brake pedal is applied. A helper of set of mirrors can be of assistance. Wheel cylinders and brake shoe assemblies require periodic inspections. Of course brake drums must be checked for out or round or tapered conditions. Along with that and thorough visual inspection of seals, brake lines and hoses must be completed. In the case of disc brakes brake pads should be checked for wear. Along with that check the rotors or discs for scoring, cracking, uneven wear or warping. Lastly caliper pistons should show no signs of leakage at all.
Lastly when it is all said, done and completed a road test must be performed. Drive the automobile - be it car, truck, bus or S.U.V. to test brake action and confirm that all is in good and safe order overall expert's advice that the automobile product should stop quick and smooth during the testing drive - quickly as well as smoothly. There must be no tendency to "dive" or pull to one side or the other. Its all about routine maintenance and safety on the roads.
What occurs when you put on the "brakes" either directly or through a booster assembly by means of hydraulic brake fluid to the wheel cylinders fundamentally through a series of steel lines and flexible hoses? The pressure that you apply to the pedal is transmitted to the brake system master cylinder.
Periodic brake inspections are a must for safe and efficient brake operation You want to maintain your vehicle so that your brake system can stop you quick and straight. This is even more vital for events which deal with roadside and roadway safety. Simpson says that the safety brake inspection must not only be routine and on a regular and ongoing schedule but also more than through. Expert mechanics as well as highly trained and experienced dealership service writers often advise that is the best plant for the technician as well as any supervisory staff who are involved in the actual work or delegation of the brake system safety and wear inspection process develop a checklist in order that no areas of important are overlooked. Pilots have check lists to prepare for their journey and so should you. It is common and prudent sense. Otherwise come one Sunday morning Manitoba drive you may find yourself at the back end of an auto collision and become an auto shopper a lot sooner than you planned. We rely on our brakes so much yet we often take them granted giving them little thought of routine maintenance. When it comes to safety systems on modern vehicles in 2013 a moments planning can pay huge benefits and savings. These savings are not only in terms of automobile budgets and car payments but also your time and prevention of mental distress and discord.
What topics should be on such a list for the technician, mechanic or service writer to check off? First the brake pedal and master cylinders must be checked. Check the brake pedal "free play". There should be ample travel; the pedal should be firm and not spongy. The master cylinder should not be leaking and the fluid levels of the braking hydraulic fluids should be adequate or topped up. Next check the stoplight switch. Check switch operation by inspecting rear brake lights when brake pedal is applied. A helper of set of mirrors can be of assistance. Wheel cylinders and brake shoe assemblies require periodic inspections. Of course brake drums must be checked for out or round or tapered conditions. Along with that and thorough visual inspection of seals, brake lines and hoses must be completed. In the case of disc brakes brake pads should be checked for wear. Along with that check the rotors or discs for scoring, cracking, uneven wear or warping. Lastly caliper pistons should show no signs of leakage at all.
Lastly when it is all said, done and completed a road test must be performed. Drive the automobile - be it car, truck, bus or S.U.V. to test brake action and confirm that all is in good and safe order overall expert's advice that the automobile product should stop quick and smooth during the testing drive - quickly as well as smoothly. There must be no tendency to "dive" or pull to one side or the other. Its all about routine maintenance and safety on the roads.
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A disc brake is a wheel brake which slows rotation of the wheel by the friction caused by pushing brake pads against a brake disc with a set of calipers. The brake discis usually made of cast iron, but may in some cases be made of composites such as reinforced carbon-carbon or ceramic matrix composites.
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