Brakes are probably one of the easiest repairs to understand if you know the right questions to ask.
- Ask if you can go out to the shop and see the brakes.
- Find out what pad thickness the brakes start out at when they are new.
- Find out what the factory considers "zero lift left" or...
Brakes generally start out at 13mm in the front and 9mm in the rear
Usually the factory will discard brakes at 3mm in the front and 2mm in the rear.
If you know the size of a new brake pad and the size it is now, take your mileage now and divide by the mm used up and you will get a rough idea of how many miles you have left on your brake pads.
For instance, my front brake pads start out at a thickness of 13mm and right now, after 20,000 miles, are at 6mm. 20,000/(13-6)=2,857.14
You are estimating around 2,857 miles left on your brake pads.
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| Really worn brake pads |
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Brand new out of the box Brake pads |
Knowing these facts can help you understand why you need brakes, but the best advice I can give you is to ask to go out to the shop and look for yourself.
