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Hyundai Paywalls Brake Pads replacement on Ioniq 5 N

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132 points zdw | 5 comments | 16 Nov 25 03:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.4s | source
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GuestFAUniverse ◴[16 Nov 25 07:59 UTC] No.45943502[source]▶
"...satisfying handle..."

I detest that sentiment. The brake handles I had to use sooner or later were too soft, no matter the maintenance. So, I started to pull as strong as possible because otherwise the cars weren't standing still on steep hills -- I never had that issue with electric parking brakes; I love that.

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1. cenamus ◴[16 Nov 25 09:03 UTC] No.45943703[source]▶
And manual parking brakes aren't really wonders of mechanical simplicity anyway
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2. toxik ◴[16 Nov 25 09:11 UTC] No.45943735[source]▶
They're actually really simple? Two wedge-shaped brake shoes that cam into the inner diameter of the wheel.
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3. somat ◴[16 Nov 25 09:42 UTC] No.45943865[source]▶
The real magic/genius are trailer brakes, they are electric right, however if they worked the way you would naively assume an electric brake would work, directly operating on the friction surface with an electric solenoid, It would take a huge solenoid and the amperage requirements would quickly exceed what the trailer wiring can provide. so what they do is apply an electromagnet which starts to drag on the side of rotating wheel assembly it uses this drag to push the friction surfaces together, so it takes a surprisingly small magnet to run. most of the force comes from the rotating wheel.
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4. meindnoch ◴[16 Nov 25 12:11 UTC] No.45944514[source]▶
That's the "self-applying" property of drum brakes. Not specific to trailer brakes.
5. cenamus ◴[16 Nov 25 12:28 UTC] No.45944611[source]▶
More not easy to servicd if they seized and you can disassemble half the car to get to all the cables and so on