This quick how-to guide will help you inspect and replace the brake lines on your auto. If your car has low brake fluid levels (see “Checking Brake Fluid”), it usually means that there’s a leak ...

Working with brakes can be scary. They're the reason your car is able to stop, after all, so if you mess up, you could put you and the people around you in a dangerous situation. Thankfully, brakes ...

Making brake lines is one of those tasks I always dread. I don't do it often enough to be very good at it, I don't have the right tools, and it never comes out nearly as nice as I expect it to. With ...

Plumbing a street rod can be a time-consuming and sometimes aggravating chore. A large portion of that aggravation comes into play when re-plumbing an assembled vehicle versus plumbing a nice clean ...

Thin tubes push high-pressure fluid to four corners of your vehicle. With this, a modern hydraulic braking system hauls your rig down to a firm stop. Or, so you hope. In our world, big tires and ...

In the wide, wide world of automotive terminology, there are a number of parts with names that are pretty logical and help to understand how cars work. Slang words aside, like a spider hose, some ...

View post: 5 Simple Habits Can Help Your Car Last For Decades In 10,000 miles of driving, you hit your brakes an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 times. Yet brake fluid is widely considered the most ...

Bleeding your brakes, or changing the old fluid and getting out the air, can be a long, dirty, and difficult process. If you’re doing it the old fashioned way, you probably need to find a friend who ...

Unlike the brake lines, which are metal tubes that run the length of the car, the short brake hose found at each wheel is made of rubber. The hose’s job is to carry brake fluid from a brake line fixed ...