After recently completing the installation of a new rear suspension under our 1936 Phaeton it was time to complete that installation with a working emergency brake. Our first order of business was to ...

Just as what goes up must come down, what goes faster must eventually slow down and that's where brakes go to work. Over the history of the car, we've seen the once humble brake go from hand-lever ...

The electronic parking brake, or EPB, switch in a 2023 Ford F-150 pickup. Every vehicle on the road is equipped with a parking brake, a hand brake, an e-brake, or an emergency brake. Regardless of the ...

The name is somewhat self-explanatory, but the parking brake keeps your vehicle from moving while it's parked. There are two main kinds of parking brakes: lever-operated and electronic. Both are ...

Older vehicles traditionally relied on handbrake as an emergency measure, but this feature has been replaced by an electronic parking brake in newer rides. Why?