Peter Hill
10-25-2004, 05:09 PM
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:38:43 GMT, Scott M
<smorris_12@delete_this.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Conventional wisdom says, "when you replace your disks, put in new pads
>too" and goes on to say that this is to stop a pad that's been shaped to
>one disk having poor contact with a new disk.
>
>Nowadays, with pads that are harder than the disc, can (or indeed,
>should) this be reversed?
>
>I took a shufti at 'er indoor's Escort (97, 50k, all original parts) and
>the pads are still very meaty and look to have little wear on them while
>the disk is getting near its limit (20mm down to about 18.5 - min
>allowed 18mm.) The disks will get replaced soon but I'm trying to see
>any point in replacing the pads as, if they're that hard, they are going
>to "shape" a new disk to their wear pattern in the same way that the
>hard disks of yesteryear shaped softer pads, no?
>
>Any comments (apart from the safety lobby and the penny pinchers
>association, please)?
Are you sure the pads are not glazed? Usual cause of hard non wearing
pads.
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<smorris_12@delete_this.yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Conventional wisdom says, "when you replace your disks, put in new pads
>too" and goes on to say that this is to stop a pad that's been shaped to
>one disk having poor contact with a new disk.
>
>Nowadays, with pads that are harder than the disc, can (or indeed,
>should) this be reversed?
>
>I took a shufti at 'er indoor's Escort (97, 50k, all original parts) and
>the pads are still very meaty and look to have little wear on them while
>the disk is getting near its limit (20mm down to about 18.5 - min
>allowed 18mm.) The disks will get replaced soon but I'm trying to see
>any point in replacing the pads as, if they're that hard, they are going
>to "shape" a new disk to their wear pattern in the same way that the
>hard disks of yesteryear shaped softer pads, no?
>
>Any comments (apart from the safety lobby and the penny pinchers
>association, please)?
Are you sure the pads are not glazed? Usual cause of hard non wearing
pads.
--
Peter Hill
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Can of worms - what every fisherman wants.
Can of worms - what every PC owner gets!