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Alternative term for Minimum Thickness.
A type of older - but still popular and effective - automotive brake in which a circular drum rotates around a set of brake shoes which are fixed to the hub and act on the drum by expanding.
Safety design incorporated on modern cars which ensures there are two largely independent hydraulic brake circuits. Some dual circuit systems are more sophisticated than others.
A self-energizing drum brake that has servo action when travelling forwards or backwards.
The amount of weight being forced onto each road wheel as a result of the car pitching, rolling or squatting during acceleration, braking or cornering.
Material which is pushed against a disc by a shoe or caliper to generate friction.
Any of the surfaces designed to rub together in a brake system to create friction and therefore stopping power.
