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2. Parking brake - Wikipedia

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   In manual transmission vehicles, the parking brake is engaged to help keep the vehicle stationary while parked, especially if parked on an incline. [2] [3]While automatic transmission vehicles have a "Park" gear that immobilizes the transmission, it is still recommended to use the parking brake, as the parking pawl in the gearbox could fail due to stress or another vehicle striking the car ...

3. Drum brake - Wikipedia

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   Brake shoes are typically made of two pieces of steel welded together. The friction material is either riveted to the lining table or attached with adhesive. The crescent-shaped piece is called the Web and contains holes and slots in different shapes for return springs, hold-down hardware, parking brake linkage and self-adjusting components.

4. Brake fade - Wikipedia

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   Brake failure is also caused by brake drum thermal expansion in which brake shoe clearance becomes excessive from wear. This was largely remedied in the 1950s by self-adjusting brakes. [4] Maladjustment with wear is still a factor in trucks with drum air brakes. [5]

5. List of auto parts - Wikipedia

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   Adjusting mechanism (adjuster star wheel) Anchor; Bleed nipple; Brake backing plate; Brake backing pad; Brake cooling duct; Brake disc; Brake Fluid; Brake drum; Brake lining; Brake pad; Brake pedal; Brake piston; Brake pump; Brake roll; Brake rotor; Brake servo; Brake shoe. Brake lining; Shoe web; Brake warning light; Calibrated friction brake ...

6. Air brake (road vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Truck air-actuated disc brake. An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is used to both release the parking/emergency brakes in order to move the vehicle, and also to apply pressure to the brake pads or brake shoes to slow and stop the vehicle.

7. Talk:Parking brake - Wikipedia

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   To release the "parking brake" there is usually a lever nearby to release it. As for the Audis, there is a button on the centre console which once pressed, either engages or disengages the parking brake. The Audi setup is more of a "finger brake", and hence the "parking brake" title takes these alternative brake setups into consideration.