Brakes

Presentation

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Brakes

Overview
The new 2013 Chevrolet SPIN includes front disc and rear drum brakes as standard equipment,
along with low-compressibility brake pads. The brake system provides best-in-class stopping
performance — 100-to-0 km / h in 42 meters (62-to-0 mph in 45.9 yards) with 14- or 15-inch
wheels — as well as confident, consistent brake pedal feel and feedback.
Vented disc front brakes, combined with rear drum brakes, produce an efficient system that
sacrifices nothing in stopping performance.
The new 2013 Chevrolet SPIN LTZ will also be available with an Antilock Braking System (ABS)
that provides an extra margin of stopping and maneuvering capability.

Typical ABS and Brake System Components

Brakes
Non-ABS vehicles {LS and LT] use a diagonally split brake hydraulic system. This arrangement
places the left front and right rear brakes on one hydraulic circuit, and the right front and left rear
brakes on a separate hydraulic circuit. Non-ABS systems use a mechanical proportioning valve
to distribute brake hydraulic pressure, while ABS equipped vehicles perform this function
electronically using the ABS components.

Front Brakes
All vehicles are equipped with front disc brakes. Depending on brake system requirements,
vehicles will have brake rotors that are either 240 mm (9.4 in) or 256 mm (10.8 in) in diameter.

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Front Brake Rotor, Caliper, and Brake Pads

Rear Brakes
All vehicles are equipped with rear drum brakes. The brake drums are 200 mm (7.8 inches) in
diameter.

Rear Drum Brake

Park Brake
The 2013 Chevrolet SPIN is equipped with a mechanical lever and cable parking brake system.
A hand lever in the passenger compartment applies and releases the parking brake. The
parking brake adjustment nut and equalizer bracket are located in the passenger compartment.
The right and left rear brake cables attach to the equalizer bracket and transfer force to the
parking brake mechanism in the brake drums.

Parking Brake Lever and Cable Adjustment Nut

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Brake Booster
Left-hand drive vehicles use a vacuum brake booster mounted in the engine compartment.
These vehicles use a brake and clutch fluid reservoir integrated with the brake hydraulic master
cylinder. A dividing wall between the brake fluid reservoir and clutch fluid area prevents fluid
loss in the unlikely event that there is fluid loss from the clutch hydraulic circuit.

Left-hand Drive Vacuum Brake Booster, Master Cylinder, and Fluid Reservoir

The vacuum brake booster uses weld studs for mounting to the vehicle. The vacuum brake
booster is positioned to the vehicle in the engine compartment. The weld studs extend into the
passenger compartment. Nuts, installed to the weld studs from inside the vehicle, retain the
vacuum brake booster.

Vacuum Brake Booster Weld Studs

Antilock Braking System

Vehicles equipped with ABS include a four-wheel, four-channel system. This system uses input
from four digital (active) wheel speed sensors to regulate individual wheel brakes for reduced
stopping distances, maximum stability and improved steerability in braking situations.
A digital (active) wheel speed sensor produces a DC current pulse (min 7mA / max 14mA) that
depends on the magnetic encoder’s polarity. The advantages of digital wheel speed sensors
are that they are much more accurate than analog sensors at low speeds and are less sensitive

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to incorrect trigger wheel air gap. Digital wheel speed sensors require a sensor power supply
and signal return (0.7V ~1.4V) to operate, and are diagnosed differently than analog sensors.

Digital Wheel Speed Sensor

Front-to-rear proportioning of brake hydraulic pressure is controlled by an integral ABS function
called electronic brake force distribution, which uses independent rear hydraulic circuit control
for improved stability and braking during cornering. Electronic brake force distribution also
enables more efficient use of the rear brakes as vehicle loading changes. The Electronic Brake
Control Module (EBCM) manages the electronic brake force distribution system through the
ABS hydraulic control unit.
The EBCM performs an initialization test on each ignition cycle when the vehicle reaches 20 km
/ h (12 mph) and the brake pedal is not applied. During the initialization test, the EBCM cycles
the solenoid valves and the pump motor to test their operation. If any faults are detected, the
EBCM will set a DTC.

ABS Electronic Brake Control Module

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