BRAKE SYSTEM FOR MARUTI (SUZUKI) 800 CAR The front wheel brakes are of the disc type, whereas for rear wheels drum type brakes (leading trailing shoes) are employed. Parking brake is mechanically operated by a wire and link system and works on the rear wheels only. Same brake shoes are used for service and parking brakes. The layout of the system is shown in fig. A tandem master cylinder is employed. The hydraulic pressure produced there is applied to two independent circuits. One circuit is for front left and rear right brakes, whereas the other is for front right and rear left brakes. Due to this reason, the braking system in the Maruti has greater safety because even if a pressure leak occurs in the brake line of one circuit, the other braking circuit works, due to which a certain degree of braking is still available to the vehicle.
