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Y! Article: Drum Brakes: Why Are They Still Being Used Today?


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Because until the extreme case, they still work!  Yes, front disc brakes are "better" but the original front drums were designed to adequately stop the original engine/transmission combination.  Rear disc brakes are an owners dream and usually not required.

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It's interesting how when riding a motorcycle training they ask you to apply both brakes. You'd think if you only applied the front ones you would flip over, hahah, but not, it works pretty when even when no necessarily applying the back ones, too. But, as you saw towards the end of the article, service sales, is what they have in mind, mainly, due to its "complexity."

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Drum brakes are used on the rear of a vehicle because it is easier to incorporate the hand, or emergency brake in a drum.  Drum brakes are also self energizing, and before you had brake boosters, disk brakes would have required too much pedal pressure.

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Drum brakes are used on the rear of a vehicle because it is easier to incorporate the hand, or emergency brake in a drum.  Drum brakes are also self energizing, and before you had brake boosters, disk brakes would have required too much pedal pressure.

 

Note that Jaguar had a rear emergency / parking brake disc brake on the input shaft of the rear differential.  As in the "Type E" rear setup..

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