Thread: Brake pads

I'm not sure how anyone can come up with a figure for the expected life of a set of brake lining or pads based on how long someone else's lasted.

Surely driving style and driving conditions cause more variation than any other factor.

When I used to drive the Series III into work, I only had to touch the brakes lightly a couple of times in the 13kms.

Before anyone suggests that is because the Series III didn't go fast enough to ever need to slow down, it was actually because some of the corners had a bit of an uphill slope leading into them, so that combined with a bit of wind resistance, no braking was needed.

I have driven similar distances in other places where a dozen or more fairly serious brake applications were necessary.

I think trying to work out how long your brake pads will last based on someone else's experience is fraught with danger.

Originally Posted by justinc

Question for Scouse: Scott, I have a D3 customer that has had all his brakes last 55K. Why are the RRS harder on brakes?? Aren't they basically the same??

JC

As you can see from the responses here, every car/driver will get different km from their brakes.
Trivetts have 2 workshops. The one that services the City & Eastern Suburbs (hilly) do a lot more brake replacements/km than we do in Parramatta.
I've even heard of cars barely making the first 12000km service on a set of pads.

I'm not up on the exact spec of the normal Sport brakes compared to the D3 but they'd be much the same, if not identical I would imagine.

One problem that is starting to show is sticking/seized caliper slides. One pad will go to metal with the rest at around 2/3 - 3/4 worn. Of course, it's always the pad without the wear sensor that goes to metal .