You'll commonly see disc brakes on the front end of a car and drum brakes on the rear axle. But why use two different types of brakes at all, and what exactly are the differences between the two?

One of its brake calipers is the ACDelco Professional Front Side Disc Brake Caliper. The company has been designing and manufacturing performance brake upgrade parts since 1995. With headquarters ...

which improve braking performance over the factory’s optional front disc brakes. Taking it up a notch is the availability of rear disc brakes, which were never offered on ’65-’73 Mustangs ...

Your vehicle's brake pads play a pivotal role in its performance and your safety. If you want to inspect them yourself, ...

Installing front disc brakes ranks among the most popular upgrades for vintage Mustangs. We've covered the subject several times over the years and with good reason. From a pure safety standpoint ...

In our continuing saga to build a daily driver '66 Slant Six Dart GT, it was time to ditch the drums for front disc brakes. The small 9-inch drums had to go. While they worked perfectly without ...

The brake rotors are an important part of the disc brake system found in most modern cars. Many vehicles have disc brakes on the front and drum brakes in the rear, while others have four-wheel disc ...

On the originally drum brake-equipped car, the owner had retrofitted front disc brakes that supposedly came out of an early-1970s Dart, but the car wouldn't stop—for several reasons. One was an ...

The CPSC said the front brake caliper can crack, not allowing the brakes to work correctly and increasing the chance of a ...

Disc brakes resemble hand brakes on a bicycle, where pulling on the brake lever forces a plier-like device to squeeze rubber blocks against the rim of the wheel to stop the car. Drum brakes are a ...