How To Spot Trouble With Your Brakes

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Hello, my name is Davey Jerome. Welcome to my site about auto service. When I was a young boy, the first task I learned to perform on my dad’s truck was an oil change. I delighted in letting the old oil flow out into the drain pan and removing the old filter. Adding the new filter and oil seemed to rejuvenate that old truck and ready it for another day of work on the farm. I will use this site to explore the process of performing automotive services on your own. I hope you can use the information on my site to learn about this important task.

How To Spot Trouble With Your Brakes

13 July 2016
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It is vital that you are well aware of the signs that you are having trouble with your brakes. This way, you will know when to take your vehicle to a mechanic or brake specialist so you can remain as safe as possible. To help make sure that you will be able to spot such troubles, you will want to review the following brake issues.

You Feel A Vibration In The Brake Pedal When You Press On It

The brake pedal should move gently towards the floorboard without any resistance or any vibrations. Therefore, if you can feel your foot shaky or jumping a little because the brake pedal is making jerking movements as you try to press down on it, you will want to immediately have your brakes checked out. There is a good chance that one or more of your brake pads are sticking on something and that is causing a struggle when you try to apply the brakes like normal.

You Smell Something Burning

If you walk past your tires after driving a short distance and you notice that it smells as though something is burning, it could be that you are wearing the brake pads too thin and there is now metal rubbing on metal any time you try to get the vehicle to come to a complete stop. Even gently applying the brakes to slow the vehicle down can be creating a friction that is causing the burning smell.

You Notice That The Brake Pedal Goes Straight To The Floor

When you apply pressure to the brake pedal, you should not feel a lot of resistance, but the pedal should also not go straight to the floorboard with ease. If it doing that, you most likely have a serious issue somewhere in your braking system. You could be out of brake fluid or a brake line could have snapped. Then again, you could have no more brake pads and you are simply using metal on metal in order to try to get your vehicle to stop. Either way, it is not good and you need to have your vehicle towed to the best mechanic possible. Do not attempt to drive your vehicle there because you could end up in an accident.

After reviewing the previously mentioned three signs of brake trouble, you should have no problem figuring out when you need to call a mechanic (such as one from Budget Automotive Center) for an appointment.