Brake pad failure

[Trevhead62]

Hello. I thought I might share this one as it does highlight one of the most important safety aspects of your car...the brakes and their servicing.

The other day I noticed a slight grinding noise when touching the brake so I decided to check. With the wheels still on I could see on the rear the outer pad thickness was down but still ok (about 5mm left). the fronts were still quite good (8 - 9 mm). I pulled the rear wheels off for a closer inspection and to my astonishment I found that the inner pad lining had become completely detached from the pad/plate which resulted in metal to metal contact. I found the piece sitting between the disc and the backing plate.

The thickness of the lining was still around 5mm. Pretty much minimum but to have it fail like that is something I never considered when I last inspected them 8,000kms earlier. I've seen failure like this with drum brake shoes before but never a disc pad. Poor quality? Heat related? Who knows?

With servicing intervals now every 15,000kms (not 10,000kms like they used to be), one needs to be a bit more conservative and change them out sooner rather than later.

Food for thought.

[trenooo]

this happened on my Nissan, very scary

[vr1uz-fe]

i have seen much worse

[Philthy]

What brand were they?

[Trevhead62]

I don't know. I wish I knew so I could avoid getting them. I replaced them with Bendix Ultra Premium. I trust these are good.

[RiCeY]

Had an african bloke come in complaining of noisy brakes.

The pad had worn down to the metal, then though the metal, then through a good part of the pistons.

Unbelieveable.

[Benboy]

My service intervals are every 5,000 km. With vehicle safety there's absolutely nothing you can take for granted.

[Dz811]

Had an african bloke come in complaining of noisy brakes.

The pad had worn down to the metal, then though the metal, then through a good part of the pistons.

Unbelieveable.

ROFL... Moron african...