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Sketchy
Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - 08:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

when do u suggest I change my brakes (original)? As you can see I am incompetent.
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Froggy
Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - 08:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When they wear out. : )
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Gunut75
Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - 10:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I believe the thinnest the pads (front) are supposed to get is 1mm; which is .0393 inches. Last time I checked mine, they were .038. Good thing I have to change them before the season starts.



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Datsaxman
Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - 11:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Gunut, you have your conversion inverted...1mm is .03937"
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Gunut75
Posted on Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - 11:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks Datsaxman. I've been using my 25.4 as of late, and it's stuck in that gear. I suppose my pads are done then...........
I wasn't going to put any more miles on em anyway. I was using the rear brake more than usual.
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Andymnelson
Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2011 - 10:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hey man, there's no stupid questions...we all learned at some point!

When the pad surface (arrow below) gets thin is when you want to replace them. Once that pad material wears away, you'll have the steel backing plate rubbing against the rotor and the rotor will get destroyed.



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Terrys1980
Posted on Wednesday, March 09, 2011 - 08:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Make sure you check both sides as some systems wear one side faster than the other.
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Arctic9r
Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 11:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

when the cut in the center of the pad is almost gone.
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