18
Getting Your Brakes Serviced Things You Should Know

Getting Your Brakes Serviced

  • Upload
    duff

  • View
    25

  • Download
    0

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

Getting Your Brakes Serviced. Things You Should Know. Typical Brake System. Inspection. When to Inspect. The red "brake" lamp on the dash lights up. Your "ABS" indicator is lit while you are driving. You hear a grinding sound or squealing. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Citation preview

Page 1: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Getting Your Brakes Serviced

Things You Should Know

Page 2: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Typical Brake System

Page 3: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Inspection

Page 4: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

When to Inspect

• The red "brake" lamp on the dash lights up.• Your "ABS" indicator is lit while you are driving.• You hear a grinding sound or squealing.• The brake system feels different, such as a softer

brake pedal or pulling.• A qualified auto service technician can

thoroughly inspect and service your brake system.

Page 5: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Brake Pads and Shoes

Page 6: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Brake Pads and Shoes

• An inspection will determine if you need to replace the linings of your brake pads and shoes.

• This procedure is referred to as a "brake job" and should be carried out frequently for maximum performance.

Page 7: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Master Cylinder

Page 8: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Master Cylinder

• The heart of your brake system, the master cylinder pumps brake fluid to the wheel cylinders or calipers when you push the pedal.

• The brake fluid level can and should be visually inspected from time to time. It’s recommended that brake fluid be replaced every 40,000 km.

Page 9: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Brake System

Page 10: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Calipers and Wheel Cylinders

• The function of the calipers (for disc brakes) and wheel cylinders (for drum brakes) is to convert the energy of the pressurized brake fluid into pressure to operate the brakes.

• Periodic inspection for leaks around the rubber seals should be carried out.

Page 11: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Caliper

Page 12: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Caliper and Rotor Assembly

Page 13: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Wheel Cylinder

Page 14: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

ABS Brakes•Your ABS system is electronically controlled. This system detects problems of which, some can be self-corrected, while others will shut down the ABS system, causing the ABS light to illuminate.

•Problems are recorded in the vehicles computer for the technician's reference when servicing the system.

Page 15: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

ABS System

Page 16: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Parking Brake

If you don't use your parking brake regularly, ask your technician to lubricate the cables and check the adjustment, as the potential problem here is corrosion.

Page 17: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Cable Configuration

Page 18: Getting Your  Brakes Serviced

Questions

1. When should you get your brakes inspected?

2. How does a caliper work?

3. When do you need to replace the rotors?