{"id":41450,"date":"2025-11-24T11:07:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/brake-safety-and-performance-why-professional-installation-matters\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T11:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T09:07:46","slug":"brake-safety-and-performance-why-professional-installation-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/brake-safety-and-performance-why-professional-installation-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Brake Safety and Performance: Why professional installation matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this the last edition of a series on brake safety, the Tyre, Equipment, Parts Association (TEPA), a proud affiliate of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), looks at why professional brake fitment is an absolute must. <\/p>\n

TEPA National Vice-chairman, Dylan Petzer, says many people don’t realise the precision and calibration involved in proper brake installation. This is why you must ensure a professional is handling any repairs or replacement. <\/p>\n

A professional, accredited TEPA Member knows:<\/p>\n

\t That the Caliper bolts and wheel nuts must be tightened to a specific tightness value using a calibrated torque wrench.
\n\t That the wheel hub must be cleaned to a bare-metal, spotless finish before the new disc is mounted, because a single grain of sand or a patch of rust will cause the disc to sit at a microscopic angle, leading to warping and shuddering.
\n\t That they must use specific high-temperature brake grease – and only on the right…<\/p>\n

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In this the last edition of a series on brake safety, the Tyre, Equipment, Parts Association (TEPA), a proud affiliate of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), looks at why professional brake fitment is an absolute must. TEPA National Vice-chairman, Dylan Petzer, says many people don’t realise the precision and calibration involved in proper brake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/111125%20TEPA%20brakes_g.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/111125%20TEPA%20brakes_g.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}