Mini Cooper Front Brake Pad

An essential part of your vehicle's brake system is the brake pads, which sits between your brake shoe and your brake drum (a part which buckles and slows down tire motion). In the absence of workable brake pads, certain car parts, such as wheels, rotors, and calipers, will start to wear out.

A brake pad main purpose is to slow or stop the motion of a machine or vehicle (car, truck, train, motorcycle, etc.). Unless the brakes were applied hydraulically, the calliper would then squeeze the two pads together onto the rotating disc to slow or stop the vehicle or computer.

Brake pads will provide traction to slow the vehicle down or stop it. That slows and stops the wheel is the pressure and friction that will be applied to the brake rotor. The car would stop moving if the wheels started spinning too.