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08-23-2018, 06:37 PM | #1 |
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Can you "feel" the thickness of a brake pad?
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.
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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.
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You cannot.
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But can you feel the thiccness
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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. |
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If you’re curious how much pad is left then just look at the pads.
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I can feel when it gets to 0%.
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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.
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Can you "feel" the thickness of a brake pad?
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
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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.
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Yeah, watching porn with your eyes closed is kin of pointless.
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That's absurd. Who has light in their garage?
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