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Wide 5 Race Hubs - Recommended Fastener Torque

Wilwood's innovative Wide 5 Starlite "bubble" hub is lightweight, strong, and affordable, which is why it is the standard used in many forms of motorsports and much imitated by our competitors.... Read More

Posted on Jun 19, 2023

How To Adjust the Wilwood Drum Internal Parking Brake

On occasion our tech line gets calls from people installing rear disc brakes with the internal parking brake who find, on initial installation, that the brake shoes drag. The Wilwood... Read More

Posted on Jul 01, 2022

Flaring Hard Brake Lines Made Easy

With Some Practice, You Can Flare Lines with Flair One of the most difficult little detail jobs in the mechanics of building a vehicle is creating custom length hard brake... Read More

Posted on May 24, 2022

Chevy Hub Magazine Installs the Latest Forged Superlite Calipers on Their Z06 Corvette

Forging Ahead: Swapping Wilwood’s Forged Superlite Radial Mount Calipers on a C5 Corvette Z06 Excepted from the winter 2021 issue of Chevy Hub Magazine Words by Wes DuenkelPhotos by Wilwood Engineering Wilwood... Read More

Posted on Mar 03, 2022

How Does a Proportioning Valve Work? And How Do You Adjust It?

When setting up a street car for performance driving or converting a classic to disc brakes, it is essential to include an adjustable proportioning valve in your brake system. This... Read More

Posted on Aug 05, 2021

Pedal Ratios and How to Find Them

Decades ago, four-wheel drum brakes were standard, power-assisted brakes were an extra-cost option, and depending on how old your project vehicle is, disc brakes may not have even been offered.... Read More

Posted on Jul 09, 2021

Should You Use Power Boosted or Manual Brakes on Your Next Project?

Many popular hobby cars come from the era when power brakes were an extra-cost option, and drum brakes were the norm. While Wilwood prefers manual brake systems, a holdover from... Read More

Posted on Jul 02, 2021

Properly Bleeding Your Brake System

The hydraulic brake system of your car or truck is a sealed system. Whenever you unseal it or replace a part, you will have to bleed air out of it....

Posted on Mar 11, 2021

Troubleshooting - Tandem Master Cylinder with No Fluid/No Pressure to the Rear

Common complaints to our tech line involve no pressure to the rear brake lines. With a dual circuit/tandem M/C this issue has a common cause - the rear piston not fully returning...

Posted on Feb 24, 2021

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