While most consumer vehicles will opt for disc brakes these days, commercial vehicles are still opting for the older drum ...

Drum brakes have mostly been replaced by disc brakes on most modern vehicles. So when did this shift happen, and what's the advantage of disc brakes?

The brake drum mounts to the wheel hub and encloses two brake shoes, a wheel cylinder, a series of springs, and other small parts. Like disc brakes, drum brakes rely on hydraulic fluid and friction.

There's surprising old-school technology making a comeback on some of Volkswagen group's most important EV models, headlined by the Audi Q4 E-Tron -- drum brakes. The technology's reappearance on a ...

A drum brake system, including the drum, brake shoes, and brake cylinder is explained, with guidelines for maintenance and inspection.

Drum brakes, shown in Figure 14-5, are the oldest type of brakes still on the road. Their main advantage is that they require less hydraulic pressure to stop your vehicle because the brake ...

Drum brakes are found in classic cars and even some modern machines, and replacing them may seem difficult—it isn’t!

Drum brakes have been around a long time, but they’re not irrelevant yet. The 2022 Toyota Tacoma has them, the 2022 Hyundai Accent SE has them, and even Volkswagen’s all-electric ID.4 ...

Drum brakes not only require additional time but oftentimes more effort. “With disc brakes, you don’t have to pull off a heavy drum in order to change the friction,” Pfost explained.

Most bike manufacturers will install disc brakes on the front wheel and drum brakes on the back one. If you find this information useful please share it with your motor-biking friends.

Drum brakes are a little more difficult to describe. Imagine a straight-sided bowl or baking pan, and you’d be pretty close to what the drum part of drum brakes looks like — though they’re ...

In an era when disc brakes have pretty much displaced drum brakes, it's a bit of a shock that the Audi Q4 E-Tron has drums. And it's not alone. Here's why.