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What metric do you use to estimate remaining brake pad life on a typical economy sedan?
On 11/8/20 4:10 am, N8N wrote:
> On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 12:28:48 PM UTC-4, Steve W. wrote: >> Arlen Holder wrote: >>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:04:50 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote: >>> >>>> Every pad I've installed for decades has had them, including the ones that >>>> use electric wear sensors. >>> >>> How many miles do you get per front pads, in general? >>> >>> As for mechanical sensors, my bimmer has only one wear sensor per axle >>> o No mechanical sensor; only electronic (front left and rear right). >>> >>> Although electronic is essentially mechanical, since it's a stub of plastic >>> that wears on contact, exposing the wires embedded inside that plastic. >>> >>> One issue is removing the sensors often breaks them if you're not careful. >>> >>> Since we rotate so frequently, checking brakes are easy; but this question >>> was for estimating miles for someone else who doesn't rotate as frequently >>> as I do (due to mountainous terrain causing specific "camber scrub" wear to >>> the inboard corners of the front tires). >>> >>> At the moment, with the data we have, it's about 4,000 miles per pad mm. >> >> There is no rule of thumb for brake wear because it depends more on the >> driver, vehicle location and the pad materials than anything else. >> >> Drive out in the plains where the only hills are long and low and the >> brake wear is going to be much different than if you live in the >> rockies. Same with driving in New York City versus San Fransisco. >> >> Another factor is the vehicle itself and how it is set up. Some will >> chew through brakes fast while others barely nibble. Some will go >> through brakes in 40K or less while others might make it to the junkyard >> on the OEM rears pads. >> >> >> The Journey we have had all the brakes done by the dealer with OEM >> parts prior to our purchase, They have about 55K on them and the fronts >> are worn maybe 1/2 way. The rears however were just replaced, but not >> for wear, the rotors rusted into junk and damaged the pads. So it got >> new NAPA coated rotors and premium ceramics to see how they work on it, >> have had very good service from them on many other vehicles. >> > > Another factor is riveted vs. bonded linings, you can run a bonded lining a lot thinner than a riveted one. 5mm might be thiiiiiis close to grinding the rivet heads. > > nate > Rivets? In this era? Bonded shoes are all I have seen for *decades*. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
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