The parking brake (or hand brake) holds one or more brakes continuously in the applied position. The parking brake employs the regular drum brakes on the rear wheel. Instead of hydraulic pressure, ...

It's common practice to never use your car's parking brake other than for emergency situations or while the car is stationary. But as Wyatt Knox from the Team O'Neil Rally School points out, it can be ...

Hello Paul, my Toyota Vanguard’s hand brake light keeps flashing off and on. What could be the cause? Angella Hello Angella, the flashing hand brake light could be one of two problems; a fault with ...

While commuter bicycles can generally get by with a rear-wheel-only coaster brake, mountain and cyclocross bikes require both front and rear brakes - along with the hand levers used to activate them.

Without proper experience, bending your own brake lines can be a daunting task. There's little room for error, meaning if you're not super accurate with your bends, the line probably won't fit up ...

If you haven’t changed rear brake pads on a newer car recently, you might be surprised to find it can’t be done without special tools. It’s been probably 30 years since I replaced rear pads on a car, ...