RE: Pad/shoe minimum thickness?

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@dodgetrucks.org)
Date: Sun Jul 29 2007 - 02:14:41 EDT

There really isn't anything for minimum pad thickness (only minimum rotor
thickness), rule of thumb is no less than 10% of the actual pad thickness.
>From an eyeball point of view, roughly no less than 1/4" thickness of the
pad (just the pad - not the metal backing). There are the wear indicators
(metal tabs on the pads) but those can be deceiving as I've seen them either
bend or break off - leaving the owner at either metal to metal contact
before they notice or very close to that (overheating the rotors and warping
them pretty bad).

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pitz [mailto:dakota@billpitz.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 3:16 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Pad/shoe minimum thickness?

Maybe I'm just being blind (likely), but I can't seem to locate the
specs for minimum brake pad and brake shoe thickness in the FSM. (2000,
4x4, ABS, etc.)

Anyone know off hand?

There seems to still be a fair amount of meat left on my Hawk pads after
almost 40,000 miles. I'm hoping that what my eyes see is really true.

Thanks,

-Bill 

-- 
Bill Pitz <bill@pitz.net>
Penngrove, CA

2006 Acura TSX
2000 Dodge Dakota SLT 4x4 4.7L
2007 Honda TRX420FE

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