You’re used to driving around and freely using your brakes. Things feel fine…until there’s suddenly a grinding noise – or even more scary, smoke – comes out of a wheel well. I wrote literally ...

I was perusing r/AskAMechanic yesterday and came across a subject I’d constantly review with customers when I wrote service. Back in the day, when a mechanic recommended a brake service, it wasn’t ...

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