Brake wear warning.

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Originally Posted by ATH

Back home again and today I changed the rear pads. Easy job and certainly no different to other vehicles I've done the same thing on. In all we did about 4K with the warning light on and there was a mill. or so pad left on them.
I thought I might get away with reusing the wear sensor but can't seem to be able to cancel the warning light with my Gap tool so tomorrow I'll put the new one on.
Thnx. for the info. fellow sufferers. :)
AlanH.

PS. I did check Bodsy's brake bible first and found where he says for a 15mm OE spanner it actually needed a 17mm one. That was for the inner nut where you remove the bolt to allow the assembly to swing up. Otherwise he's done a great job with heaps of good stuff there for us all.

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The 17mm are for the 3.0 brakes, 15mm for 2.7.

Thnx. Justin. I forgot the "bible" was for the D3 and not later models. Great source of info. anyway.
AlanH.

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Originally Posted by ATH

Thnx. Justin. I forgot the "bible" was for the D3 and not later models. Great source of info. anyway.
AlanH.

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It is! It's certainly a good resource!

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Originally Posted by ATH

The warning light has come on at 60kay and as I’m in Broome where they don’t like working on anything but Tojos, just like most towns in WA, I thought I’d try to leave them until back in Perth soon. Anyone have any real experience of how long they will last after the light comes on?
There’s no squealing or undue wear signs on any rotor front or back.
Cheers.
AlanH.

PS. Bloke in the van next to us is driving back to Darwin for his next service as they just refused to even change the oil and filters on his Hyundai. If they can’t do even
that they are truly a bunch of useless *******.

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That's pretty poor!
I got an upper water housing changed by the local mechanic in Tom Price without fuss.
Maybe add a trip to Karijini? :)

Too late Redtail, we're back. But I've changed the rear pads and there was no scoring on the discs as about a mill or two left on the pads. Did about 4K with warming message on the screen.
AlanH.