The front brakes play a greater part in stopping the car than the rear ones because braking throws the car weight forward on to the front wheels.
Hydraulic car brake system diagram.
Most modern cars have brakes on all four wheels operated by a hydraulic system the brakes may be disc type or drum type.
When you depress the brake pedal in your car it is pushing on the piston in the brake s master cylinder.
Four slave pistons one at each wheel actuate to press the brake pads against the brake rotor to stop the car.
The disc brake is used in motor vehicles and cars etc.
Both wheels in bikes and all the wheels in cars.
Working of a hydraulic braking system.
These friction pad rub against the rotating disc connected to the wheels of the vehicle and thus braking takes place.
The diagram is shown below.
The brakes in your car are a good example of a basic piston driven hydraulic system.
When the pedal is pressed piston pushes the pad by the pressure of the hydraulic fluid.
A schematic illustrating the major components of a hydraulic disc brake system.
Double acting hydraulic brakes in double acting type of hydraulic brakes double or tandem master cylinder is used which provides higher brake force which can be transferred in double direction i e.