How many mm should my brake pads be?
The friction material on a new brake pad is typically about 8-12 millimeters thick, and those that are ready for replacement are worn down to about 3 mm.
What’s the difference between 10 mm and 9 mm brake pads?
I am just used to driving an SUV before the Camry, when I had to change the break pads every 6 months or so. ’07 XLE 4 cyl. 9mm and 10 mm are the same as .9cm and 1.0 cm. An inch is 2.5cm. Your pads sound as if they are about new! No worries for a while> Click to expand… Why a centimeter conversion to try to tell him he has good brake pads?
What does the brake pad mm indicator mean?
If the pads freeze in the carrier, then all bets are off, they usually destroy the pads (stick on) or the outer pad stops working altogether. Usually, if you go by percentage, the outers will be at about 25 to 30% and the inners near the bottom by the wear indicator are usually at 5% to essentially zero.
What is the thickness of the brake pads?
On the invoice, it lists the thickness in mm’s of the brake pads. Right now I have 9mm thickness in the front and 10mm thickness in the rear.
What’s the difference between front and rear brake pads?
Click to expand… Front pads start at 11mm and rears 9mm.. I believe minimum on both is 1.6mm. I’d hope they measured the rear pads using the INSIDE pad. I’ve never seen one NOT wear the inside pad faster than the outer on the rear discs.
What should be the thickness of a new brake pad?
New brake pad thickness is usually 12 mm for front pads and 10 mm for the rear pads so your brake pads are worn to half of the original thickness but less than half of the usable material remains. The minimum pad thickness is usually 1 mm but replacement is often recommended @ 3 mm to avoid an unscheduled service visit.
Your front/rear brake wear (6 mm front, 5 mm rear) is quite even. New brake pad thickness is usually 12 mm for front pads and 10 mm for the rear pads so your brake pads are worn to half of the original thickness but less than half of the usable material remains.
What does 4mm life on rear brakes mean?
The dealer might have meant required is 3 mm, you have 4 mm to go. started with about 11 mm of pad. If your rear brakes use shoes, the shoes probably started at about 8 mm thickness. halfway point in the life of these linings.
How big should brake pads be out of the box?
The auto industry has broken brake pad thickness down into 3 groups to make it easy for mechanics to identify need to replace and the public to understand. For reference most new brake pads are 12mm thick out of the box.