How Often And When You Need Replace Brakes Pads ?

Car Brakes Pads have a pivotal role in our safe driving, and it allows you to play a cliff when you encounter an emergency. To determine how long the replacement of car brakes, in addition to often run long-distance comparison of the provincial brake, the most important thing is the driving method is appropriate, such as driving the amount of advance, if you can find a good grasp, often do not have to brakes. In general,brake pads need to be replaced after about 50,000 miles. Some need to be replaced after 25,000, while others like Yamaha and BMW brake pads last for 70,000 miles. But for each driver on the brakes of the frequency is not the same, it is difficult to define how long the car brake pads need to be replaced once. The only way is, in the routine inspection, look at the degree of wear of the brake pads, if it gets to the critical point, you have to replace them immediately .

How to check when you need replace the brake pads ?

1.Observe the thickness: the total thickness of new brake pads is generally around 1.5cm, when the brake pads brake to 3mm (not including the thickness of the iron plate), it must be replaced. With constant friction, the thickness will gradually thin. When the naked eye observed that the thickness of the brake pads had been left at the original 2/3 thickness (about 1cm). Owners will have to increase the frequency of self-examination, ready to change. There are individual models, due to wheel design reasons, do not have the naked eye view of the conditions, the need to remove the tire to complete.

1.Feel the intensity : When you put on the brakes on the road ,if feel very tired, there is a kind of soft feeling, often need to brake deeper in order to achieve the braking effect in the past, when taken will obviously feel low when the emergency brake pedal position, then it is possible that this pads has lost the brake friction, it must to be replaced, otherwise it will cause a serious accident. In addition, the brake effect will lead to an increase in brake oil consumption, so the replacement of brake pads should also focus on checking the brake fluid.

2.Listen to the voice: if you tap the brakes with "iron iron rub" sibil or squeak (there may be a brake produced at the beginning of the installation of the running effect, the brake pads) must be replaced immediately. Because the limit marks on both sides of the brake pad have been directly rubbed against the brake disc, it proves that the brake pads have exceeded the limit. Each brake pads on both sides of a sign of protrusions, the logo of the thickness in two or three mm or so, this is the replacement of the thin disc brake limit, if the brake pads have thickness with this symbol in parallel, must be replaced. So when the thickness of brake pads is close to the mark, the owner should keep on eye on it and prepare to replace.But without dismantling the tire case,it is difficult to observe accurately by the our eyes, it is highly recommended that go to the repair shop for regular inspection, to determine whether you need to replace.

3.See the warning light: the instrument panel on the brake warning light is lit as the brake should not be based on the judge. Some high-end cars will have brake warning lights and in general the brake alarm line only before the brake pads have. When the warning light is on, if it is changed at this time, it is already quite dangerous. Because this warning system is a direct sense of the thickness of the brake pads, and some are in the brake pads have been completely finished, the brake oil so extreme declines, which make the warning light.

How to replace Brake pads ?

The brake pads for disc brakes are simpler to replace. Remove the tire, loosen the brake wrench screw, then take the brake pads and replace it with a new one. The whole process is at most 5 minutes without any adjustment.

The replacement of the brake drum is slightly harder, to remove the wheel, then remove the brake drum, and then to replace the brake, should pay attention to the new brake pad and brake drum between coincidence, coincidence is not good, sometimes needs to be polished; when assembling, need to adjust the clearance between the brake pad and brake drum.

What should you do after replacing the brake pads?

When you replace the brake pads, the brake effect is certainly not as good as before, will feel the brakes are relatively soft, then you must step on a few foot brake to eliminate the gap between the disc and the brake disc.In addition, the need to run 200 kilometers in order to achieve the best braking effect, the brake pads have just been carefully driving, pay attention to the car should not be too tight.

1.Check the brake light. Found not bright, replace immediately.

2.The right way of driving can make the brake pads live longer.

When driving,be absorbed in discovering problems in advance of oil collection observant and alert, slow down, according to the situation to decide whether to step on the brake. By doing so, it can save gasoline and prolong the life of the brake pads.

Hope this article can help you to know how often should brakes pads be replaced and when You need to replace them.More information and interest about Automotive ,you could keep eyes on my blog,which aim to share profession tutorials for most of people know automotive aftermarket.