Section 31 (Disc): Description
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The brake system has been designed to give greater reliability and durability and to provide excellent braking performance. Features are:
- Adoption of a hydraulic brake booster (HBB) which maintains a high brake-assisting force even in high deceleration ranges.
- 16-inch ventilated disc brakes have been adopted to provide stable braking force and improved braking feel.
- Adoption of an Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) which makes it possible to maintain the maximum amount of braking force even when the vehicle's load is unevenly distributed.
- Adoption of independent front and rear wheel brake lines (H piping).
- Ventilated discs have been adopted for front wheel and rear wheel in order to improve anti-fading performance.
- A diagnosis function has been adopted for the HBB system in order to make inspection easier.
- For the front and rear disc brakes, an outer disc method separated hub and rotor has been adopted to make removal and installation easier.
- The HBB reservoir tank cap has been colored white to make identification easier.
For configuration diagram, see Fig 1 .
The parking brake is of a mechanical rear-wheel brake construction employing a drum in disc-type parking brake mechanism. The operation method utilizes a parking brake lever which is in an offset position at the driver's side.