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I made a little tool to measure the distance from the backing plate to the rotor. Old screwdriver bent 90 degrees and formed to a wedge. scribed marks for pad thickness left.
Just had a friend come over to use my lift to change the pads on his older Honda pilot. Even with the wheel off it was hard to see the gap. He had me ride and listen to a "funny" noise. 1 to 2 mm left. and no rotor damage. He got 80k. Cutting it close. |
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You get used to rev'ing it up into the torque dip, that's what its for AT braking effectiveness.
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95% highway miles at times when there are hardly any other cars on the road.
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I really don't know what all the fuss is about. I just waited till I heard the rivets scraping on the drums when I applied the brakes or now days, just hear the metal thing scraping on the rotor, when I apply the brakes while driving along a wall …. then take the car in and have new brake pads put on.
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Sounds like a good time for donuts.
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Much to my Mrs dismay, the boys first lesson in a manual, my 86, involved some donuts in a local cul-de-sac.
He isn't at middle of the Hwy skill yet, though I imagine it won't be long.
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That's when I posted the photo and heads exploded here, since everyone is basically in high school on their first car. Now that I have new pads, I will take a look and see how much pad is exposed with 100% pad, and if any of it is visible from the outside, without removing the wheels. |
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YOU said this was the ONLY car that you could not see. EVERY other car in the parking lot has totally visible pads.
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Didn't brakes used to do that - sorta - ?? Yes, it's ma nap time - zzzzzzzzzzzzz |
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