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 ...

The parking brake (or hand brake) holds one or more brakes continuously in the applied position. The parking brake employs the regular drum brakes on the rear wheel. Instead of hydraulic pressure, ...

Where the previous norm for most cars was to have a large manual parking brake jutting out of the center console next to the driver's seat, many modern vehicles are instead equipped with electronic ...

Call it as you may wish, but the electric hand brake or the electronic parking brake is an innovation that helped manufacturers save space inside the cabin and allowed designers to further enhance the ...

Ford has announced that the 2024 Mustang will get an optional drift brake—basically a hydraulic hand brake for the rear wheels. To get one, Mustang buyers will need to choose the Performance Pack with ...

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 ...

As our 1960 Corvette project rolls along, we are dealing with some of the smaller tasks involved in a frame-up build. One such project is connecting the parking brake cables from our Wilwood disc ...

As our 1960 Corvette project rolls along, we are dealing with some of the smaller tasks involved in a frame-up build. One such project is connecting the parking brake cables from our Wilwood disc ...