If your brakes are screeching, squealing and wailing at you, they may be trying to tell you something. Brakes are designed to make noise when they are near the end of their useful life. In other words, if your brakes are whining you may be weeks or even days away from doing damage to your brake rotors. Install new brake pads today and avoid any more expense and embarrassment. You'll be glad you did.

I'm putting together a glossary of welding and metalworking terms to try to help people who are just getting interested in doing automotive metal work. Sometimes it can be hard to stay focused with all of the specialized terms being thrown at you. Hopefully this glossary will be a decent go-to if you are doing some reading on welding, fabricating and other metal-related jobs. It will continue to grow as we see more information that needs to be added, so you can bookmark it and use it as a resource. Check out the Welding and Metalworking Glossary and start brushing up!

If you're about to do some serious waxing, I recommend a Brazillian. Seriously though, if you are thinking of giving your car or truck a serious wax job this spring, you should check out these tips on safe waxing techniques to be sure you get the most out of your efforts, and make sure you don't accidentally do more harm than good while you're waxing on and waxing off. There's a lot to know about wax!

Car repair is never short on areas of debate. The necessity of flushing your radiator annually is a biggie amongst car people. Old schoolers tend to think that flushing is a good idea to clean the cooling system and replenish the fluid with new stuff. Newer schools of thought are leaning toward a radiator flush being a waste of time unless a problem indicates a clog or other issue. I fall into the "better safe than sorry" category and flush my cooling system. Where are you on this issue?