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Old April 6th 06, 11:16 AM posted to alt.autos.bmw
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Default E38 brake discs lifespan


La Tercia Real wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At a recent service my local dealer in Coventry said the front discs
> and pads needed changing, so I gave the go-ahead. Thing is, they were
> changed about two years ago (about 22k miles). That doesn't seem right,
> I don't brake that hard.
>
> Also, after changing the brakes, there is a judder on gentle braking at
> high speed, which goes away after about 250 miles.
>
> Same judder happened two years ago after the change of discs, but the
> dealer couldn't find anything wrong. Should discs wear down this
> quickly?
>
> La Tercia Real
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It's usually a scam - they'll say something like "they're 80% worn so
shall we change them?" That means there's 20% left so another 5k miles
at least.

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