How many miles once "indicators" on pads start squealing?
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Am v. busy atm and on daily driver brake started squealing today, looked at it and (both front infact) pads are on the "indicators" that make the squealing noise (sorry I dunno what the actual term is but you know what I mean!).
Due to said busyness it's gonna be a hastle to get them changed (I am not reasonably in a position to change them myself) for at least a week - generally speaking how long - in terms of mileage - does a pad in this state last? I normally would have had the things changed way before this so this is the first time I have had such worn pads hence a reasonably naive question.
Not a big deal as I'll just switch car if there is danger with my driving this before I can get it in a garage but I have no idea what we are talking about with this... 10 miles? 100 miles? 1000 miles? 10000 miles?
Due to said busyness it's gonna be a hastle to get them changed (I am not reasonably in a position to change them myself) for at least a week - generally speaking how long - in terms of mileage - does a pad in this state last? I normally would have had the things changed way before this so this is the first time I have had such worn pads hence a reasonably naive question.
Not a big deal as I'll just switch car if there is danger with my driving this before I can get it in a garage but I have no idea what we are talking about with this... 10 miles? 100 miles? 1000 miles? 10000 miles?
When I got my Colt serviced, they said the brakes were down to 80% of acceptable level and they started squeaking shortly after. It depends on who you listen to really. The MOT garage didn't even put it as an advisory, some people in my local car spares shop say you could probably keep running it until they're down to the metal, but part of me is fairly on edge about the squeaking myself. If I had the cash I'd get some new ones in, but alas, poor graduate...
Decisions, decisions...
My 'busy' life vs. safety.
It's a no brainer really.
OP, even if you have to use Kwik Fit, get them changed!
Also - surely they have been 'rumbling' for several weeks? I know my brakes make a rumbling sound when braking from 70+ when the pads are due for a change.
My 'busy' life vs. safety.
It's a no brainer really.
OP, even if you have to use Kwik Fit, get them changed!
Also - surely they have been 'rumbling' for several weeks? I know my brakes make a rumbling sound when braking from 70+ when the pads are due for a change.
WeirdNeville said:
Take five minutes out of your busy schedule to examine the pads through the wheels if possible/necessary and make a judgement call on it.
This is what I'd do. It depends on the brake and wheel design, but it's often easy enough.If you can't see it then it takes ten minutes to whip a wheel off and have a proper look.
Obviously it varies.
Firstly in the depth of the indicator secondly how you drive.
Rallying 5 miles, motorway commute could be thousands.
But very basically pads are approx 10mm new and indicators are approx 2mm so you should be fine.
Just changed my wife's and she was down to the backing metal front and back.
I noticed the scoring on the rear disc - it was hard to tell from driving it - no noise, no grinding but she drives gently.
Firstly in the depth of the indicator secondly how you drive.
Rallying 5 miles, motorway commute could be thousands.
But very basically pads are approx 10mm new and indicators are approx 2mm so you should be fine.
Just changed my wife's and she was down to the backing metal front and back.
I noticed the scoring on the rear disc - it was hard to tell from driving it - no noise, no grinding but she drives gently.
Ozzie Osmond said:
This thread is strong with the power of PH myths about worn pads!
What that having your brakes fail is a good thing?That the warning indicator is an exact thing?
That a bloke in a office miles away from the OP can tell him how many miles he can do without knowing his driving style, I'm not proud of this but I drove for weeks on badly worn discs and pads because the performance had degraded over time and I'd compensated I got the car to the garage and the discs and pads were f
ked.Engineer1 said:
Ozzie Osmond said:
This thread is strong with the power of PH myths about worn pads!
What that having your brakes fail is a good thing?- You can tell when brake pads are wearing thin by a rumbling noise
- The brake pad indicator will damage your discs
- etc
Ozzie Osmond said:
Where did you dig that one up from?? If you read the thread you'll find myths like,
The rumbling sound was a comment by me - and indeed - in my own experience, rumbling from the front brakes is usually indicative of excessively thin pad material, and has been symptomatic across several cars that I've owned over the years.- You can tell when brake pads are wearing thin by a rumbling noise
- The brake pad indicator will damage your discs
- etc
Of course it can also mean warped disks, but more often than not, the warped disks can be caused by worn pads due to severe overheating.
So perhaps not as big a myth as you would think.
Had the fronts on my old Astra start squealing, had them changed for the MOT over 3,000 miles later. The Pads weren't down to metal even then.
Although I am very light on the brakes and it lived on the motorway (60k to a set of front pads, rears and all discs still origional when I sold it at over 90k miles).
Although I am very light on the brakes and it lived on the motorway (60k to a set of front pads, rears and all discs still origional when I sold it at over 90k miles).
WeirdNeville said:
Nope. Not anywhere I can see in the thread.
Shoulda gone to specsavers,TonyRPH said:
I know my brakes make a rumbling sound when braking from 70+ when the pads are due for a change.
Noisy said:
Get them changed before they kill the disc's as well.....
heners54 said:
This, because they will ruin the discs quite quickly.
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