The brake master cylinder is a vital component in a vehicle's braking system, responsible for converting the force of the brake pedal into hydraulic pressure that activates the brake calipers. Without ...

Q:I was hoping to get some advice. Thirty years ago I started to replace leaking brake calipers with ones that had been reworked with stainless steel inserts. Due to a job relocation and family duties ...

Hydraulic brakes have been around for nearly a century, and though many manufacturers were using this system by the 1920s, Ford for instance, waited until 1939 to introduce four-wheel hydraulic brakes ...

A brake master cylinder is a component of the hydraulic braking system in a vehicle. It is responsible for converting the force applied by the driver's foot on the brake pedal into hydraulic pressure ...

Safely rolling around in an old Jeep fitted with massively oversized tires and increased vehicle power requires more than just a factory master cylinder and booster. With a 5.9L engine and oversize ...

Ford is recalling 292,311 Ford F-150 pickups in the U.S. from the 2014 through 2017 model years. The problem is a potential leak in the brake master cylinder that could lead to reduced brake function ...

On two occasions recently, while driving our 2001 VX Commodore Series III along the freeway the brake pedal travel has suddenly increased to about half pedal. On both occasions the "Park Brake/Brake ...

Honda may have a better reliability record than the Big Three automakers in Detroit, but still, mistakes can be made. Rather than Honda, an Ohio-based supplier by the name of Veoneer Brake Systems ...

The brake master cylinder is the first component in a vehicle’s braking system, activated by depressing the brake pedal. The pedal pushes a piston through this cylinder, forcing brake fluid through ...

Q:I was hoping to get some advice. Thirty years ago I started to replace leaking brake calipers with ones that had been reworked with stainless steel inserts. Due to a job relocation and family duties ...

-Master Cylinder Function The hydraulic brake system is a closed hydraulic system. This means that the entire system must be full of fluid at all times. The fluid reservoir is often combined with the ...