Orlando Auto Brake Repair Center
The brakes on your car may be the most important system on you vehicle. Not being able to start your car is one thing, but not being able to stop is deadly. Your automotive brakes consist of several parts: your master cylinder, brake shoes, brake pads, brake drums, brake rotors, and more. Our trained and certified automotive brake repair technicians are ready to help you with all your brake maintenance needs.
Do Your Brakes Squeal?
All car brakes make noise
Your car's brakes work on friction, and whenever two surfaces rub together, as they do with your brakes, they make noise. But when brakes are operating optimally, the noise they make is beyond the frequency detectable by the human ear. When your car brakes start making noise you can hear, it's time to get brake service.
Do You Hear A Squeal when you drive?
Does the squeal stop when you press the brake pedal?
Your car brake pads have built in brake warning strips that become exposed when your brakes start to near the end of their life. The warning strips will make noise while you're moving but stop when you're braking. While the warning strip won't damage your brake rotors or brake drums, if you allow your brake pads or brake shoes to wear out completely, you may need brake drum replacement or brake rotor replacement.
How Much Life is Left in Your Brakes?
Make sure you know before your replace your brakes
Most brake pads and shoes have a life of tens of thousands of miles. If an auto mechanic says you need your brake shoes or pads replaced, ask them how much life you have left. Even if you only have 30% life left on your brakes, there's no need to service your brakes for a few thousand more miles.
Watch Your Brake Indicator Light
It means your brake fluid is low
If the brake indicator on your dashboard turns on, your break fluid is unacceptably low. When you see your brake indicator light illuminate, you should get brake service immediately.
Has Your Brake Pedal Gone Soft?
A soft brake pedal means low brake fluid
The brakes on your car operate on hydraulic system, and if you have a soft brake pedal, chances are the hydraulic fluid (your break fluid) is running low. If replenishing your brake fluid doesn't restore the firmness of your brake pedal, you may have a leak in your master cylinder, which requires immediate attention and may require a master cylinder replacement.
Won't Regular Wear Make My Brake Pedal Soft?
Your brakes should adjust as they wear
Most cars have drum brakes on the rear wheels. Drum brakes have an adjuster that, when actuated, will close the gap between the break drum and the break shoes. On some cars, the adjuster is actuated by the emergency brake, but on most, the adjuster is actuated by stopping the car while in reverse.
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Becareful how you brake when backing up
If you're like most people, when you're backing up, you don't brake all the way before you put the car in drive. When you back up like that, you're using your car transmission to complete the braking process, not the brakes. This habit, over time, can cause undue wear on your transmission, and servicing your brakes is much less expensive than transmission service.
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