Typically, the job involves the cost ... and brake designs mean that the rear brakes may be the first to need service. Hybrid ...

You can save hundreds of dollars by replacing the pads and rotors yourself. And it only requires a few cheap tools.

While the federal government sets performance standards for brake systems in new vehicles ... was a differential between front and rear replacement pads as compared with original factory parts.

In disc-brake systems, the brake pads are the friction material the caliper squeezes against the rotating disc, or rotor, to slow the wheel’s rotation and stop the car. In drum brakes ...