Rear Brakes - Wear Warning?
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Rear Brakes - Wear Warning?
I replaced my front brakes for the first time a few months ago - pads and discs - at 67,500miles.
Do the rear pads have wear 'tabs' that squeal when the pads are low?
Do the rear brakes wear at the same rate as the front?
The Handbrake was squealing a bit while away in Yorkshire last week - the squeal stopped when I pulled and released handbrake whilst moving (I seem to remember the Owners Handbook saying to reset the handbrake you needed to apply it at 30MPH and drive a few hundred yards with it still on???)
Just general questions .... basically, may the rear brakes need replacing at 70,100miles?? Sounds a bit soon - but heyhoo!!!
Pete
Do the rear pads have wear 'tabs' that squeal when the pads are low?
Do the rear brakes wear at the same rate as the front?
The Handbrake was squealing a bit while away in Yorkshire last week - the squeal stopped when I pulled and released handbrake whilst moving (I seem to remember the Owners Handbook saying to reset the handbrake you needed to apply it at 30MPH and drive a few hundred yards with it still on???)
Just general questions .... basically, may the rear brakes need replacing at 70,100miles?? Sounds a bit soon - but heyhoo!!!
Pete
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No they don't
Handbrake squealing is dust
I replaced my rears twice in 90K miles and that includes couple of thousand track miles. They just don't wear at the same rate.
Edited to add that what I meant was that I changed the fronts maybe 8 times due to the "abuse" & the backs hardly noticed.
Handbrake squealing is dust
I replaced my rears twice in 90K miles and that includes couple of thousand track miles. They just don't wear at the same rate.
Edited to add that what I meant was that I changed the fronts maybe 8 times due to the "abuse" & the backs hardly noticed.
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Cheers Puff
I assume that the handbrake operates within a drum in the rear disc??
Is it a simple job to get the dust out/remove disc?? It was simple on the front.
Pete
I assume that the handbrake operates within a drum in the rear disc??
Is it a simple job to get the dust out/remove disc?? It was simple on the front.
Pete
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Hi Pete.
I don't think the rear pads have wear tabs, although I'm not 100% certain I'm afraid. I have the original rear pads in my garage and there's no tab, but I can't see if I fitted them to my EBC Red Stuffs (it's dark and alcohol doesn't help)
Rear brakes don't wear anything like the front though, where the fronts do most of the work. I changed my rears at 37,200 but only because I wanted to. They came off with circa 7mm of meat left. When I bought the car from Subaru, they'd fitted new front pads before I picked it up (at 32,000 miles).
Hope this helps.
Jonts.
I don't think the rear pads have wear tabs, although I'm not 100% certain I'm afraid. I have the original rear pads in my garage and there's no tab, but I can't see if I fitted them to my EBC Red Stuffs (it's dark and alcohol doesn't help)
Rear brakes don't wear anything like the front though, where the fronts do most of the work. I changed my rears at 37,200 but only because I wanted to. They came off with circa 7mm of meat left. When I bought the car from Subaru, they'd fitted new front pads before I picked it up (at 32,000 miles).
Hope this helps.
Jonts.
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I've just replaced my rears at 47000 mainly due to the poor condition of the discs. Pads still had plenty of life on them.
1 of the 4 pads had a wear indicator on it (small metal widget rivetted to one corner of the pad to contact the disc when that pads was worn down).
Rear brakes are easy to change so long as you remember to leave the handbrake off and wind off the adjuster first (behind a little rubber cover on the backplate at each wheel).
New ones have started rusting already - wish i'd painted the non contact areas now
1 of the 4 pads had a wear indicator on it (small metal widget rivetted to one corner of the pad to contact the disc when that pads was worn down).
Rear brakes are easy to change so long as you remember to leave the handbrake off and wind off the adjuster first (behind a little rubber cover on the backplate at each wheel).
New ones have started rusting already - wish i'd painted the non contact areas now
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Was that a "real" sensible post by lewis?
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Do front pads generally have a wear indicator which makes a noise when the pads need changed?
I've noticed a sort of "screeching" noise (not as bad as it sounds), coming from the front wheels which has gradually gone from appearing now and then, to a more constant noise.
I've noticed a sort of "screeching" noise (not as bad as it sounds), coming from the front wheels which has gradually gone from appearing now and then, to a more constant noise.
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Originally Posted by briforbes
Do front pads generally have a wear indicator which makes a noise when the pads need changed?
Originally Posted by briforbes
I've noticed a sort of "screeching" noise (not as bad as it sounds), coming from the front wheels which has gradually gone from appearing now and then, to a more constant noise.
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Cheers all ..... guess I'm good for the life of the car then?? 150,000miles??
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