Brake Repair Tips

There are many parts of your car you need to be aware of.  In this day and age of cars having everything automated, a lot of times maintenance of your car gets neglected.  Believe me I have seen it all owning a San Diego auto repair shop.

After all cars that were considered economic cars like Hyundai’s, are now state of the art machines, it’s not that hard to think nothing goes wrong.

That is a huge mistake.  There are aspects of maintaining your car that still needs to be paid attention to.  Most people do pay attention to things like oil changes.  Although for the life of your car that is important, a lot of people forget their brakes.  Which is of extreme importance to their life and their family’s lives.

So let’s take a look at your brakes and knowing when it is time to change them because they have become unsafe.

The first symptom is when there is grinding or scratching you need to replace your brakes.  Usually this is an indicator that the metal plate that holds the brake pad is gone and now you have it rubbing against the rotor.  This is a bad sign and you definitely need to replace your brakes immediately.

Second symptom is when your brakes make a loud screeching or a high pitch noise.  This happens by a condition they call glazed.  This happens when a person constantly does excessive braking causing the rotors to get too hot.  The rotors then are burned.  

You fix this by going to a brake shop like my San Diego brake shop.

A third condition that happens to your brakes is vibrations.  When your rotors or drums are warped, when you are braking this will cause a vibration.   This occurs because of excessive heat and this makes them lose shape.  When this happens, your rotor needs to be replaced.

A final problem to look at is when your brakes pull.  What happens is when you brake, your vehicle pulls in one direction.  This occurs when the brake calipers are not being applied evenly.  This is caused by a fluid leak.  To find out which side is leaking, you are going to need a mechanic to take a look at it.  You can fix this by removing the air out of the brakes and replacing the caliper.

These are the common problems with brakes.  When this does happen you need a shop that fixes brakes like we fix San Diego brakes.

When you realize it’s your brakes that stop you from accidents, you never want to neglect this part of your car’s maintenance.