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Automotive Brake

System
The Basics
What stops it?
• Friction
– Kinetic friction
– Creates heat
• Heat is brakes worst enemy
• Weight transfers to front
– 70% braking performed by front brakes
Applying the friction
• Disc brakes will use pads to ‘squeeze’ the
rotor
• Drum brakes use shoes to press outwards
against drum
Lining material
• Non-metallic
– Made from synthetic fibers (used to be asbestos)
• Semi-metallic
– Made from iron and synthetic fibers
– More fade resistant - harder pad
– More prone to squealing
• Full-metallic
– Made from sintered metals
– Very hard pad
Hydraulics - it’s how the pressure
is multiplied and transferred
Hydraulic pressure is distributed
equally in all directions
Same line pressure to all wheels
The pressure that is applied at piston A is
the same as what is applied to piston B
The hydraulic pressure is the same, but the
applied force can be changed by changing
the piston size.
The area of the piston is
determined by using the
formula:

3.14 X R 2
The amount force is calculated
by multiplying the pressure
times the area

P X A = Force
You can’t have something for
nothing
The caliper piston needs more applied
force for multiple reasons

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