ASE Auto Maintenance and Light Repair
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Diaphragm
A round cast iron housing attached to an axle shaft are spindle, on which the brake shoes press to stop its rotation.
Anti-lock brake system
Flexible, impermeable membrane on which pressure at to produce mechanical movement; in automotive terminology, any disc shaped device; can be as diverse as thin membranes that separate two chambers and a component, and large metal disc that activate clutch pressure plate.
Two kinds of material, with different thermal expansion rates, that when attached to one another, the resulting assembly will bend in the direction of the metal that expands the least.