Abstract: An antilock control method wherein during the running of an automotive vehicle on a road surface (&mgr;-split surface) having a different coefficient of friction where one of the right and left wheels of the same axle is on a road surface of the higher coefficient of friction and the other one of the wheels is on a road surface of the lower coefficient of friction, when the brake is operated and an antilock control starts, the wheel that runs on the road surface having the lower coefficient of friction excessively slips in a first cycle of the antilock control, and a predetermined condition is satisfied, 1) a hydraulic braking pressure to the wheel that runs on the road surface having the higher coefficient of friction is progressively decreased during progressively decreasing periods of time, and 2) after the pressure decreasing, another predetermined condition is satisfied, a gentle increasing of the hydraulic braking pressure to the wheel that runs on the road surface having the higher coefficient of frict

Abstract: A drum-in-hat brake assembly (10) having first (12) and second (14) brake shoes retained on a backing plate (16) by first (18) and second (20) pins connected to the backing plate (16). The first (12) and second (14) brake shoes are aligned on the backing plate (16) by an anchor post (40) and connected to a reverse actuator (26). The reverse actuator (26) receives an input force to respectively move first (42) and second (44) friction pads associated with the first (12) and second (14) brake shoes into engagement with a drum (46) to effect a brake application. The reverse actuator (26) includes a first lever (52) and a second lever (54), each of which have a flat plate (60,76) that extends through an opening (62) in the backing plate (16). A resilient member (90) located in the opening (62) maintains the flat plates (60,76) in a same perpendicular plane with respect to the backing plate (16).