Like disc brakes, drum brakes rely on hydraulic fluid and friction. Depressing the brake pedal pressurizes the car's hydraulic fluid. The liquid then travels through the brake lines to reach the ...

A disc brake assembly consists of a brake caliper ... into heat energy by transforming and amplifying the force exerted on the brake pedal. The brake pedal acts like a lever.

The disc brakes used on the C-Type are virtually the same as on the Jaguar F-Type. When the driver presses the brake pedal, a piston in the master cylinder pushes fluid down the brake lines to ...