How many miles do you get out of a set of front brakes ?
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#13
RE: How many miles do you get out of a set of front brakes ?
Shoot Mayfair I don't know what you doing wrong.... At 120K miles I've got about 60% of my pads left so I figure I will be replacing my first stock pads at about 250K miles (quarter of a million miles!!!)
Exhaust Brakes are wonderfuil devices! worth every penny! [8D]
Exhaust Brakes are wonderfuil devices! worth every penny! [8D]
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RE: How many miles do you get out of a set of front brakes ?
ORIGINAL: Mayfair
Are they metallic or ceramic? Any one better than the other?
Are they metallic or ceramic? Any one better than the other?
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RE: How many miles do you get out of a set of front brakes ?
Well, they're on and my passenger side rotor took a little hit. The inside pad had JUST started to dig into it. It could use a turning, but there's no way I was going to take that whole hub assembly apart to turn the rotor. I instead just replaced the pads and will order a new set of rotors and pads to be replaced at a later date. Effing sucks. I JUST put these rotors on last year.
MM73 - I hear ya about the exhaust brake, and I've definately given it some thought, but i don't know how much help they'd be with city driving.
MM73 - I hear ya about the exhaust brake, and I've definately given it some thought, but i don't know how much help they'd be with city driving.
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RE: How many miles do you get out of a set of front brakes ?
ORIGINAL: Mayfair
MM73 - I hear ya about the exhaust brake, and I've definately given it some thought, but i don't know how much help they'd be with city driving.
MM73 - I hear ya about the exhaust brake, and I've definately given it some thought, but i don't know how much help they'd be with city driving.
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RE: How many miles do you get out of a set of front brakes ?
Well ... thinking about what you had suggested about an exhaust brake, I checked with my Garmin to see exactly what kinda driving I am doing
Check this out ...
I drove 13,531 miles since getting it
Overall average miles - 28.0
Moving average speed - 34.2 mph
Max Speed - 106 mph
Stopped time - 86:41
Aren't exhaust brakes kinda set up not to work until above 35mph? If so, it doesn't look like they'd help me much at all.
Check this out ...
I drove 13,531 miles since getting it
Overall average miles - 28.0
Moving average speed - 34.2 mph
Max Speed - 106 mph
Stopped time - 86:41
Aren't exhaust brakes kinda set up not to work until above 35mph? If so, it doesn't look like they'd help me much at all.
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RE: How many miles do you get out of a set of front brakes ?
ORIGINAL: Bigriver
Didn't Steve have a DIY listed on that subject?
Didn't Steve have a DIY listed on that subject?
if you have brakes going out too soon, make sure you grease the sliding pins so that they dont bind or stick. that could contribute to accelerated wear IMO. I'd also flush the system incase you have gunk building up at the proportioning valve for the rears... could cause the fronts to work harder which may also accelerate the wear.