If there isn’t any fluid, you may consider rebuilding or replacing the master cylinder and wheel cylinders. Don’t just add brake fluid and go back to work. You must find the source of the leak.

Depending on your vehicle, those brake mechanisms are composed of either rotors, calipers, and brake pads; drums, wheel cylinders, and brake shoes; or a combination of the two systems.

Your vehicle’s brakes are hydraulic, meaning they use fluid to operate (there are also compressed-air brakes, but they’re used on tractor-trailers and other large trucks.

LAS VEGAS. Webb Wheel Products introduced the newest addition to its wheel end portfolio – a new brake drum optimized for use in trailer applications. The introduction was made ...