Components
Where pressure is made
Master cylinder
Caliper that moves on pins
Floating
very first brake designs were made of this
wood
Excessive disc runout causes this
Pedal vibration
Component that pushes shoes towards the drum
wheel cylinder
Squeezes friction member into disc
Caliper
Caliper that has no mechanism to allow movment.
fixed
Dangerous style of system that loses all brake pressure when it leaks
single master cylinder
A pedal that builds pressure but slowly drops to the floor and has no leaks is most likely caused by this
Internally bypassing master cylinder
System that uses power steering pump to assist pusing on master cylinder.
Hydro-boost
Friction surface for shoes
Drum
Causes the pads to retract from disc when brakes are released
Piston seal
Cheapest pad at the parts store
organic
Device used to measure runout
Dial inidicator
Proccess of replacing all the brake fluid in the system.
Flushing
Uses Inches of mercury to assist in applying the brakes
Vacuum Booster
Direction that the bleeder must be oriented
up
Best pad at the parts store
Ceramic
Causes grabbing brakes
Brake dust or contaminated linings.
Component that will turn the red "BRAKE" light on when one brake circuit loses pressure.
Pressure differential switch/Valve
Can release brake pressure from each individual wheel.
ABS module
typically has 4 pistons
fixed caliper
This sytem has no booster
Manual brakes
What must be done when air is trapped in the ABS module.
Automated bleed
This is the name for the largest shoe in the drum brake assembly
Secondary