Can you "feel" the thickness of a brake pad? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Spacemane969 · 08-23-2018, 06:37 PM

As in, a half worn pad would have more pedal travel and/or would feel like it takes more effort to stop..versus a brand new pad.

Leonardo · 08-23-2018, 06:50 PM

I am going to say no. You won't tell the difference between a 90% pad and a 45% pad by the feel of the peddle. You may be able to tell if a pad is 100% or 1% though. Mainly, peddle feel will change when the fluid degrades.

CSG Mike · 08-23-2018, 07:22 PM

You cannot.

femaledog · 08-23-2018, 07:29 PM

But can you feel the thiccness

Yoshoobaroo · 08-23-2018, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by femaledog

But can you feel the thiccness

I'd love to feel the thiccness

In all seriousness, the brakes self adjust for wear over time, by design.

Razorlor · 08-23-2018, 08:56 PM

Any wear from the brake pad is replaced by an equal amount of fluid.

The only way you know they were worn are the wear indicators or if they have no friction material left.

ermax · 08-23-2018, 09:58 PM

If you’re curious how much pad is left then just look at the pads.

Ultramaroon · 08-23-2018, 11:08 PM

I can feel when it gets to 0%.

Captain Snooze · 08-23-2018, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by CSG Mike

You cannot.

Respectfully I disagree.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spacemane969

Can you "feel" the thickness of a brake pad?

Absolutely!
You remove the pad from the caliper, close your eyes and feel. Preferably with your finger tips. This way one can judge quite accurately between how much pad material is remaining. The only thing to be careful of is if you drop the pad with your eyes closed someone might swap the pad from the car with a layer of fiber board glued to the backing plat . If this happens it feels like you have remaining pad but will be disastrous when it comes time to use the brakes.

ermax · 08-24-2018, 12:08 AM

The OP’s post was a little vague but I read it as him asking if you could feel a difference in driving characteristics or pedal feel. Obviously you will be able to feel the thickness of a pad with it in your hand. Most people don’t even need to close their eyes to use their fingertips. Hahaha

Ultramaroon · 08-24-2018, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Respectfully I disagree.

Absolutely!
You remove the pad from the caliper, close your eyes and feel. Preferably with your finger tips. This way one can judge quite accurately between how much pad material is remaining. The only thing to be careful of is if you drop the pad with your eyes closed someone might swap the pad from the car with a layer of fiber board glued to the backing plat . If this happens it feels like you have remaining pad but will be disastrous when it comes time to use the brakes.

What if, and this may sound crazy but, what if you left your eyes open and looked at the pad as you removed and felt it? Then there would be no risk of someone swapping the pad with a cheap replica as you judged its remaining service life.

Captain Snooze · 08-24-2018, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

What if, and this may sound crazy but, what if you left your eyes open and looked at the pad as you removed and felt it? Then there would be no risk of someone swapping the pad with a cheap replica as you judged its remaining service life.

Sure, this is a viable argument when attempting this during the day but this assumes you've paid the electricity bills and you have light in your garage when you're doing this at 3am. Because necropadophilia.

Captain Snooze · 08-24-2018, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ermax

Most people don’t even need to close their eyes to use their fingertips.

Yeah, watching porn with your eyes closed is kin of pointless.

Ultramaroon · 08-24-2018, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

Sure, this is a viable argument when attempting this during the day but this assumes you've paid the electricity bills and you have light in your garage when you're doing this at 3am. Because necropadophilia.

That's absurd. Who has light in their garage?

08-23-2018, 06:37 PM	#1
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08-24-2018, 12:08 AM	#10
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