What cable is this ?

[discotwinturbo]

Removed my factory rims today to give them a good clean, and saw this green cable has been rubbing the inside of the rims....back to bare wire.

Is this the brake pad sensor cable ?

I have covered it now in electrical tape for some protection. If this is the sensor cable I guess I could leave it this way until they need replacing (assuming the sensor and cable is one part) ?

Anyone come across this before ?

Brett.....

[Graeme]

Yes to both - the pad wear sensor cable and is replaced with a new sensor attached if needed.

[Armitage_Shanks]

Yep. That's the brake pad sensor wear cable.
The sensor and cable are all in one.
Looks like it might not have been routed properly. Hard to tell by the pic.

[Grappler]

Yeah, that is the pad wear sensor lead. There is one on the right rear and on on the left front axle .

The lead usually has some rubber sleeving to protect it from abrasion

You can change it without removing the pads, but there is a risk it will descintigrate and leave the contact behind.

If its not worn right through I would replace it next pad change.

[discotwinturbo]

Thanks guys.

Have about another 40k before I will need to replace them as they were changed at 50k, so will keep an eye it, whenever I swap my tyres over.

Might have to look at the rear sensor to see if it has a sheath, and add a bit more protection to this one.

Brett....