How Safe Are Your Brakes?

You must have seen the villain devilishly clipping the brakes of car used by hero in an action movie, driving him into a nerve-racking ride down the limited-access highway. Quite reverse to this, in real life, the subject of having safe brakes, is not thrilling, but is something indispensable. In case you sense that anything is burning in your car while you are driving it, or may be if you hear a squealing sound while you arrive at a stop, time has come that you check your brakes thoroughly.

Basically there are two chief constituents that affect the safety of the brake:

- Level of the fluid
- Condition of the Brake pad
- At any time the warning light of brake gets on it means that the light has not got on because of some problem in the hand brake. The problem lies somewhere else in the brake. Besides this, level of the brake fluid and the condition of the brake pad should be thoroughly checked at least one time in a year.

Checking the Level of the Brake Fluid:

Go through the manual of the car in order to know the location of the reservoir of the fluid. As soon as you find out the reservoir which is generally marked with the particulars concerning the kind of fluid needs to be used, ensure that the level of the fluid is not less than the "Minimum" line and possibly it reaches the "Maximum" line closely. Besides this, ensure that the fluid appears to be clear with yellowy appearance, if which is not, you might have to change it. Thoroughly check the container of the brake fluid in order to ensure that it does not leak. Apart from this, possibly try to park the car on the slab of cardboard and spout the brake to check if the fluid is leaking or not. Quite reverse to this, if you come across a leak, get a mechanic to check your car immediately and possible try to get the part changed due to which the brake fluid is leaking.

Replacing the Brake Oil:

Pouring in more fluid would resolve problems such as softening of brake pedals, brake warning light getting on, etc. Besides this, it is important that you get the brake fluid changed at least once in a week to ensure that it performs at the optimum level. As per trustmymechanic.com, it is important that you replaced the brake fluid of your car after you cross every 30,000 miles or in case the color of the brake fluid turns dark and dim.

Amidst of all this, when changing fluid comes into the picture, you could clean out the system on your own by getting someone to help you in it, or allow the gravity to bleed the fluid on its own, in case you do not have anyone to help you. Together these systems include jacking the car up, taking away the tires and unscrewing the screws to allow the fluid and the unnecessary air pour out.