Tread & Brake is an independent reference for the part of a vehicle that touches the road: tires, wheels, brakes, suspension, steering and the drivetrain that connects them.
It exists because that information is scattered. The torque figure is in a service manual you do not own, the symptom is in a forum thread from 2013, and the cost is whatever the shop in front of you says it is. We publish one page per question, with the answer at the top.
How the guides are written. Every guide starts from a real search — something a driver actually typed — and is built against manufacturer specifications, published service data and the tolerances the part is made to. Figures are printed with their units, and where a value varies by vehicle we say so rather than inventing an average. Guides are filed by the system the part belongs to, the way a workshop manual is organised, not by what a shop wants to sell.
We correct things. An archive this size will contain errors, and a reader who finds one is doing us a favour. Corrections are made against the source, and a page that turns out to be outside our subject is retired rather than left standing.
How the site is funded. Tread & Brake is free to read and carries affiliate advertising. We participate in the eBay Partner Network: when a reader buys through a link marked Sponsored, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to them. Advertising sits in labelled blocks, never inside the text of a guide, and no partner selects, approves or reviews what we publish. A recommendation follows the specification and the use case, never the commission. The full terms are on our affiliate disclosure page.
We are not affiliated with any vehicle manufacturer, parts brand, tire retailer or workshop chain, and no brand can pay to change what a guide recommends.
A note on safety. Brakes, steering and suspension carry your life. When a guide says a job needs a torque wrench, a press or a second pair of hands, it means it — and when you are not sure, a workshop is the cheap option.