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Brakes - How long are yours lasting?Views : 778 Replies : 13Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Jun 21st, 2019, 13:59 | #11 |
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milage doesnt matter That much, How they are used and Are they still within tolerances DOES.
weight of car, How you use the brakes, town/motorway will all play a part in how long or not yours last disks have a min wear thickness, 1mm PER Side, in most volvo cases, so a 25mm thick disk is DONE once it is 23mm thick, regardless of years/miles , if you use an aggressive pad you Will wear the disks faster waiting for the MOT to say "failed",,despite the bleats Is not the way to go, as Galloot has said "needs doing as JUST had an advisory" , gen volvo pads/disks are not cheap BUT they last/work 100% as intended, get on the phone to simon(rufe) of FRF and get a set of whatever you need BEFORE they fail and you plow into someone due to worn out brakes
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Jun 21st, 2019, 14:36 | #12 | |
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Jun 23rd, 2019, 20:13 | #13 |
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It's also possible the weather may have some bearing on how fast disks wear.
If the disks get wet and then stand, a thin layer of rust will form on the surface. The next time the brakes are applied, this layer should get rubbed off. If the car stands for any length of time then the disks can start to pit so deterioration can be much higher on a little used car than one might expect based on mileage alone. Since the rear brakes seldom work as hard as the front ones and with gentle braking, they probably do very little, this means any rust takes longer to wear off. so the rear disks tend to pit more rapidly than the front ones in my experience. Martin |
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Regarding the rear brakes not doing much , in fact it is the opposite since about 12 years ago when at light load the rear brakes do most of the work . That's why they are always shiny now, shedding dust over the rear wheels also, rather than a black pitted appearance on the 240 and 900 volvos .
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