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Car Maintenance

Brake Master Cylinder to the Rescue

As technology continues to develop, cars and the overall safety within them have enhanced drastically. You will find that most modern car brakes are broken into two circuits, with two wheels on each circuit.

The beauty of having two circuits is that if one circuit has a fluid leak, only two of your wheels will lose their brakes. It is the brake master cylinder that contributes a great deal to this process.

The master cylinder is what supplies pressure to both of the circuits on the car. It uses two pistons in the same cylinder, which allows the cylinder to remain dependable. If for some reason there is something that goes wrong, there is an electrical connection that works as a sensor as it warns the driver when the brake fluid level gets too low.

Now that you know what the brake master cylinder is, we’ll jump into how it works in action. All that most people think of is they press the brake pedal and the car slows down or comes to a complete stop. However, by pressing the brake pedal you are pushing on the primary pistol through a linkage. Pressure then builds in the cylinder and lines as the pedal is depressed further.

From here, the pressure that builds up between the primary and secondary piston forces the secondary piston to pack together the fluid into its circuit. If one of the pistons causes a circuit to have a leak, the pressure between the primary and secondary cylinder will be lost. The result of this is the primary cylinder contacting the secondary cylinder.

Once the two cylinders come in contact with each other, the brake master cylinder will act as if it has only one piston. The second cylinder will remain in tact, but the driver will have to press harder in order to come to a stop. The reason for this is that only two wheels have pressure, which reduces the braking power greatly.

Certainly it is vital that you pay close attention to the electrical sensor that warns you of low brake fluid, because this can prevent you of driving on low braking power. The longer you drive without getting your car checked on, the greater your chance is of having an accident. Luckily, the master cylinder has provided drivers with more of a warning and increased the time you have to get your brakes checked on.

As time goes on, there will probably be another invention that increases the safety of drivers. But for now, the brake master cylinder has given drivers that added security needed to prevent and decrease the amount of accidents that occur.







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