How To Choose The Right Brake Pads

Disk Brakes Versus Drum Breaks

Disk brakes were originally developed for race cars, which needed a more powerful braking method. With disk brakes, the calipers compress the brake pads around the rotor, slowing the vehicle more quickly and with more control. On drum brakes, however, the calipers simply push the brake shoe outward against the drum. If the driver is going very fast, or a great deal of stress was placed on the vehicle (for example, by going downhill), stopping was difficult or impossible.