The system which maintains the electrical charge in your vehicle’s battery. The charging system consists of the alternator, voltage regulator and battery.

A car’s chassis is like the foundation of a house – it is the basis upon which the rest of the car is constructed.

Brake pads are used specifically with disc brake systems. The pads fit inside the calipers, and create friction and stopping power when pressed against the brake rotor. When you have your disc brakes replaced, it is often just the pads

The pedal to the left of the accelerator pedal that controls a car’s brakes. When you step on the brake pedal, the car slows down or stops.

Brake rotors or discs, are fitted to most modern cars. They are flat, circular plates that rotate with the wheel when you drive. When you step on the brake, the brake calipers squeeze the brake discs, slowing or stopping the

Brake shoes are used specifically with drum brake systems. Brake shoes fit inside the brake drum, and are pressed against the drum by a wheel cylinder when the brakes are applied, thus slowing or stopping the car.

The braking system in a modern car consists of the brake pedal, a power brake booster, brake master cylinder, brake lines, brake fluid, brake rotors (including calipers and pads), and, for some vehicles, brake drums (including wheel cylinders and brake

A joint between two parts that allows movement in any direction by the two parts. Ball joints are most often found in a vehicle’s suspension and steering systems.

A barrel is a venturi in a carburetor where air and fuel are mixed, then taken into the intake manifold and then to a cylinder. Carburetors usually have from one to four barrels, depending on the engine application.

Car batteries store and supply electrical current to a vehicle’s starting, ignition, and electrical systems.

Bearings are used to prevent wear when two moving parts are placed very close to each other.

Bleeding removes fluid from a system, such as a brake or clutch system. When a technician bleeds a brake system, the old fluid is completely removed and replaced with new fluid.

A device that uses engine vacuum or hydrualic pressure to multiply or boost the pedal effort of the driver while braking, thus adding more hydrualic pressure to the brakes for added stopping power.

A c-shaped device used with disc brakes. When a driver presses on the brake pedal, the caliper piston squeezes the brake pads against the rotor and causes the car to slow down or stop

Brake drums are drum-shaped components which contain internal brake shoes, which expand and press against the drum, when the driver presses on the brake pedal, slowing or stopping the car.

A special type of hydraulic fluid designed specifically for brakes. Brake fluid transfers the motion of a driver stepping on a brake pedal directly to operate a brake caliper or wheel cylinder.

Metal tubing and rubber hoses which connects each brake caliper or wheel cylinder to the brake master cylinder.

As the main component of a braking system, the brake master cylinder takes the pressure applied to the brake pedal by the driver and distributes it evenly to all four brakes on a car.

All-Wheel Drive (AWD). Unlike four wheel drive systems, all-wheel drive is a system that drives all four wheels at all times. An all-wheel drive system has differentials which split the engine’s power to the four wheels according to which have

The shaft around which the wheels rotate.