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| posted on June 14th, 2012 at 12:51 PM |
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Thanks Steve, I'll find out what they have
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Rule of thumb is to replace pads or shoes when they are worn to half thickness or over. Then there is far less risk of scoring disk or drum by the
time next service or brake check comes around.
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I really cringe when I see Mr or Mrs average non mechanical savvy driver in thier car going screeech screech screeech without a care in the world.
My brakes are making an annoying screech noise, meh I'll just turn the radio up more 
Thank god atleast NSW has annual roadworthys, stops things like this being on the road
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| posted on June 14th, 2012 at 12:52 PM |
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Lee, ifg you have a better feeling pedal, with no lockup then sounds great dont change a thing... As long as the braking distance hasnt been
increased. From what you have listed i am assuming the material is slightly different. Did you replace front pads in 2005?
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No I used the old pads, must have had a lot of material still on them..
as I had the new pads I fitted them instead of wearing the old ones right down, which is safer anyway..
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Rule of thumb is to replace pads or shoes when they are worn to half thickness or over. Then there is far less risk of scoring disk or drum by the
time next service or brake check comes around. Also good quality pads replaced at this interval can slightly true up a disc or drum, mainly because
bugger all damage has been done yet. (did my apprenticeship on fleet maintenance).
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some pads will out the rotors faster than the actual pads 
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| posted on June 14th, 2012 at 12:53 PM |
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posted by Joel
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posted by Matt Ryan
Rule of thumb is to replace pads or shoes when they are worn to half thickness or over. Then there is far less risk of scoring disk or drum by the
time next service or brake check comes around.
Regards,
Matt.
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I really cringe when I see Mr or Mrs average non mechanical savvy driver in thier car going screeech screech screeech without a care in the world.
My brakes are making an annoying screech noise, meh I'll just turn the radio up more
Thank god atleast NSW has annual roadworthys, stops things like this being on the road
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| posted on June 14th, 2012 at 12:56 PM |
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posted by Joel
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posted by Matt Ryan
Rule of thumb is to replace pads or shoes when they are worn to half thickness or over. Then there is far less risk of scoring disk or drum by the
time next service or brake check comes around.
Regards,
Matt.
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I really cringe when I see Mr or Mrs average non mechanical savvy driver in thier car going screeech screech screeech without a care in the world.
My brakes are making an annoying screech noise, meh I'll just turn the radio up more
Thank god atleast NSW has annual roadworthys, stops things like this being on the road
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I bet the customer said "it only started making a noise just recently"
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| posted on June 14th, 2012 at 01:03 PM |
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At least they won't overheat anymore
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| posted on June 15th, 2012 at 11:07 AM |
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only shit brakes lock up is the rule, good ones don't. I am surprised how many people don't know this? they should, its just physics.
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I am interested to hear the physics clarified, how it relates to non ABS of course.
For example, you have brakes that are capable of pulling up a fully loaded vehicle from high speed in the absolutely shortest possible distance, which
would mean braking to the limits of adhesion, awesome performance. Then on another occasion you do a panic stop at low speed with an empty car,
naturally those awesome brakes are capable of locking up the wheels.
Does that make them 'shit brakes' ?
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I am with kafer on this one two. Without ABS good brakes should all reach lock up at about the same time. For safety the fronts should go first, so
you don't loose the rear end. if you can't reach lock up, you still have more braking to go.
I will be trying to the QFM pads next time i change. They will put various compunds on your old backing plates for non standard cars/pads. Won't do
shoes though for the drums.
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| posted on June 15th, 2012 at 04:32 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Matt Ryan
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posted by Joel
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posted by Matt Ryan
Rule of thumb is to replace pads or shoes when they are worn to half thickness or over. Then there is far less risk of scoring disk or drum by the
time next service or brake check comes around.
Regards,
Matt.
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I really cringe when I see Mr or Mrs average non mechanical savvy driver in thier car going screeech screech screeech without a care in the world.
My brakes are making an annoying screech noise, meh I'll just turn the radio up more
Thank god atleast NSW has annual roadworthys, stops things like this being on the road
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I bet the customer said "it only started making a noise just recently"
Regards,
Matt.
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Read in the paper recently about people complaining having to replace their front brake discs after 30,000klms...
their first 30,000klms..
Ford say they have fitted very abrasive pads... and that is normal....
FORD FOCUS cars... imported..
I never let brake pads get down near the metal... YIKES
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That is why I don't like rear disc brakes.... lol
You just never know what is going on back there...
Lee
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posted by Joel
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posted by Matt Ryan
Rule of thumb is to replace pads or shoes when they are worn to half thickness or over. Then there is far less risk of scoring disk or drum by the
time next service or brake check comes around.
Regards,
Matt.
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I really cringe when I see Mr or Mrs average non mechanical savvy driver in thier car going screeech screech screeech without a care in the world.
My brakes are making an annoying screech noise, meh I'll just turn the radio up more
Thank god atleast NSW has annual roadworthys, stops things like this being on the road
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I bet the customer said "it only started making a noise just recently"
Regards,
Matt.
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But rear discs pull such awesome handbrake-ies
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| posted on June 18th, 2012 at 08:38 PM |
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But rear discs pull such awesome handbrake-ies
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not necessarily! most cars if not all these days use a mini drum brakes for the handbrake inside the hat of the disk. only old 80s to 90s had calipers
with integrated handbrake.
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| posted on June 23rd, 2012 at 10:40 PM |
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But rear discs pull such awesome handbrake-ies
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not necessarily! most cars if not all these days use a mini drum brakes for the handbrake inside the hat of the disk. only old 80s to 90s had calipers
with integrated handbrake.
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Fraid not. My Bro's 04 Seat Ibiza has integral handbrake calipers as do the same age VW Bora's, Golfs, etc. They are far cheaper to manufacture than
a seperate mini drum.
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| posted on June 23rd, 2012 at 10:48 PM |
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Thanks Steve, I'll find out what they have
I really cringe when I see Mr or Mrs average non mechanical savvy driver in thier car going screeech screech screeech without a care in the world.
My brakes are making an annoying screech noise, meh I'll just turn the radio up more
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Funny you say this Joel as the wife came home one day and said the brakes are making a weird noise. Low and behold no pad material left. 'oh it made
the noise a few days ago but then went away so I didn't tell you. And now we need new rotors She must have a bloody heavy foot cos they were under 5k old.
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I used to see that alot at the garage.
With so many of todays cars being auto and modern brakes are big and vented these days, alot of drivers just sit on the brakes all the way down hills
and wait till the last sec and brake heavily at traffic lights and intersections.
You see their front wheels and even the back on some cars look like they are matte black but it's just all the brake dust.
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| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 06:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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I used to see that alot at the garage.
With so many of todays cars being auto and modern brakes are big and vented these days, alot of drivers just sit on the brakes all the way down hills
and wait till the last sec and brake heavily at traffic lights and intersections.
You see their front wheels and even the back on some cars look like they are matte black but it's just all the brake dust.
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Yes. I used to notice that a lot when in Sydney, watching the traffic... lol
ALL european cars front wheels were black.... really black compared to the rears...
BMWs seemed to be the worst...
but Now I even notice it on European cars in Scone...
can't tell with local cars as they are all covered in mud or dust.. lol
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On the service record of One of Our Lancers it even had how thick the brake pads were....
now that's dedication... lol
We got a years worth of free service with the car.. lol
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only shit brakes lock up is the rule, good ones don't. I am surprised how many people don't know this? they should, its just physics.
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I am interested to hear the physics clarified, how it relates to non ABS of course.
For example, you have brakes that are capable of pulling up a fully loaded vehicle from high speed in the absolutely shortest possible distance, which
would mean braking to the limits of adhesion, awesome performance. Then on another occasion you do a panic stop at low speed with an empty car,
naturally those awesome brakes are capable of locking up the wheels.
Does that make them 'shit brakes' ?
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very hard to lock good brakes, but pretty easy in the wet though
but I am saying is if the brakes lock easy with little control over it, is either something wrong, or they are too small, or they are drums. Thats
what I mean by shit brakes. Most people are like "oh they lock easy they must be great!"
If the brakes are large, with correct piston sizing ratio to MC piston and high quality pads, locking the bakes become very difficult and only happens
in the extreme cases typically at the last 0.5- 1m remaining to a dead stop, or gravel or wet road (normally eliminated if you have ABS)
it mostly comes down to relation ship between static and kinetic friction. Better and larger brakes have a greater % of kinetic friction while having
reduced static friction which = greater stopping, greatly reduced locking.
btw are you making the assumption that I was referring to ABS? well I wasn't.
like I said simple physics 
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Joel
I used to see that alot at the garage.
With so many of todays cars being auto and modern brakes are big and vented these days, alot of drivers just sit on the brakes all the way down hills
and wait till the last sec and brake heavily at traffic lights and intersections.
You see their front wheels and even the back on some cars look like they are matte black but it's just all the brake dust.
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I F**ken hate that! with their brake light on all the time you can't tell if they are stopping or their brake light switch has failed until they
suddenly stop at the last sec and you nearly hit them. I bet 9/10 rear ender happen like this.
watch out for the inversed ford territorys. brakes light on when no brakes and they turn off when they brake 
seriously, they need to force people to use their brakes properly or put brake effort bar graph type brake light that show a % of pedal effort so
people know how much the person in front is braking.
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to relation ship between static and kinetic friction. Better and larger brakes have a greater % of kinetic friction while having reduced static
friction which = greater stopping, greatly reduced locking.
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I'm aware that "static friction " term si being used, but makes me wonder how correct it is...my understanding is, there is no friction between two
stationary objects....the friction factor steps in at the moment, when one of the objects becomes kinetic...this falls to the same category as "army
intelligence"...
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maybe you need to revise your physics, static friction just the friction that keep 2 surfaces from moving while force is being applied. Just because
it isn't moving doesn't mean it hasn't got friction. Its like saying, if I kill you does the universe exist? of course it does! Just you are not
conscious to experience it anymore.
Without static friction nothing in our sense of reality of the physical universe wouldn't exist.
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Thanks, you REALLY enlightened me....
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No help is he
The usual 'textbook' terms is sliding friction and static friction, but alot do call sliding friction kinetic friction instead.
Friction requires a force to be present. without a force, there is no friction. Why? Because Friction = Net Force x Friction Coefficient. This
coefficient represents how 'rough' or 'smooth' a surface is. Larger the coefficients value, the rougher the surface, larger the friction force.
Now! If we have a force present, we have Mass & an Acceleration. Why? Well, Force (F) = Mass x Acceleration. Newton's Law. Mass could be a car
(kg), person, anything thats matter. Acceleration could be you putting your foot down in a car, or even gravity (because gravity tries to accelerate
you 'downwards' to the ground).
Friction is a force that 'opposes' motion. if you want to 'accelerate' something one way, friction will push against you in the other direction.
So whats sliding friction and static friction?
Sliding friction: is the friction force (opposing force) present when two contacting surfaces 'slide' across each other. For example, when a car has
hit the skids, the wheels lock up, and thus the car 'slides' across the road. The car will eventually come to a stop, because a 'sliding' friction
force has opposed the cars motion and slowed you to a hault.
Static friction: Is again, the friction force (opposing force) present when two surfaces are simply in contact without any sliding. The car example
complicates this phenomenon so lets use a different one. Simply put, your standing still, and take a step forward. You pushed on one foot to move your
body forward when taking your step. The foot you pushed with, pushed on the ground, it does not slide across the ground. There is some force
preventing your foot from sliding on the ground, this is your 'static' friction force. Without this 'static' friction force, you would be slipping
over, there would be no 'grip' on the ground. Its called static friction as the surfaces (your shoe and the ground) are still and not moving or
sliding across each other, although you yourself are actually moving forward.
From the car example, if you stop your car without locking up the wheels, the tyres do not slide. They provide a 'static' friction while rotating
and NOT sliding across the surface. This friction force is a force opposing the direction of motion and thus your vehicle stops.
To make it complicated, sliding friction is present when your brake pads are sliding over the rotating brake disk as your wheels spin. If the wheels
lock up, then the brake pads are providing static friction, as the friction force is holding the brake rotors still (hence static) and the surfaces
are no longer sliding.
In general, the 'size' of the force for static friction, compared to sliding friction is greater regardless of the application. Hence why you can
stop your car sooner if you do not lock up the wheels. This is why ABS was invented, such that your car can maintain static friction between the tyres
and road surface and thus a 'stronger' opposing force can be present to stop the motion of the vehicle sooner.
Hope that helps.
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| posted on June 26th, 2012 at 06:00 PM |
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As the song says, "There's a fraction too much friction" going on. 
Lee simply wanted to know why his new pads were behaving differently.
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| posted on June 26th, 2012 at 08:32 PM |
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As the song says, "There's a fraction too much friction" going on.
Lee simply wanted to know why his new pads were behaving differently.
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different compounds obviously.
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I might as well be talking to a brick wall ey
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No help is he
The usual 'textbook' terms is sliding friction and static friction, but alot do call sliding friction kinetic friction instead.
Friction requires a force to be present. without a force, there is no friction. Why? Because Friction = Net Force x Friction Coefficient. This
coefficient represents how 'rough' or 'smooth' a surface is. Larger the coefficients value, the rougher the surface, larger the friction force.
Now! If we have a force present, we have Mass & an Acceleration. Why? Well, Force (F) = Mass x Acceleration. Newton's Law. Mass could be a car
(kg), person, anything thats matter. Acceleration could be you putting your foot down in a car, or even gravity (because gravity tries to accelerate
you 'downwards' to the ground).
Friction is a force that 'opposes' motion. if you want to 'accelerate' something one way, friction will push against you in the other direction.
So whats sliding friction and static friction?
Sliding friction: is the friction force (opposing force) present when two contacting surfaces 'slide' across each other. For example, when a car has
hit the skids, the wheels lock up, and thus the car 'slides' across the road. The car will eventually come to a stop, because a 'sliding' friction
force has opposed the cars motion and slowed you to a hault.
Static friction: Is again, the friction force (opposing force) present when two surfaces are simply in contact without any sliding. The car example
complicates this phenomenon so lets use a different one. Simply put, your standing still, and take a step forward. You pushed on one foot to move your
body forward when taking your step. The foot you pushed with, pushed on the ground, it does not slide across the ground. There is some force
preventing your foot from sliding on the ground, this is your 'static' friction force. Without this 'static' friction force, you would be slipping
over, there would be no 'grip' on the ground. Its called static friction as the surfaces (your shoe and the ground) are still and not moving or
sliding across each other, although you yourself are actually moving forward.
From the car example, if you stop your car without locking up the wheels, the tyres do not slide. They provide a 'static' friction while rotating
and NOT sliding across the surface. This friction force is a force opposing the direction of motion and thus your vehicle stops.
To make it complicated, sliding friction is present when your brake pads are sliding over the rotating brake disk as your wheels spin. If the
wheels lock up, then the brake pads are providing static friction, as the friction force is holding the brake rotors still (hence static) and the
surfaces are no longer sliding.In general, the 'size' of the force for static friction, compared to sliding friction is greater regardless of the
application. Hence why you can stop your car sooner if you do not lock up the wheels. This is why ABS was invented, such that your car can maintain
static friction between the tyres and road surface and thus a 'stronger' opposing force can be present to stop the motion of the vehicle
sooner.
Hope that helps.
Chris.
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Also I will add, by maintaining kinetic friction at the brakes rather than at the tires allows more heat to be generated in a shorter time frame
whilst being absorbed from the conversion of kinetic energy to thermal energy without loosing too much overall friction in the system otherwise lost
when rubber liquifies, then evaporates from the heat of sliding and reduces its friction coefficient thus decreasing the efficiency of the system.
in other words the pads and rotors are far better at converting movement into heat faster with minimal lost of efficiency in that system than what
rubber sliding over a road would do.
just another point of view, food for thought? or too hard to understand
Also one very important point, you can steer if the brakes don't lock and still brake hard at the same time.
If you lock and try to steer, well you're ***ked unless you let go and continue pulsating the bakes so you can steer and stop at the same time, or
like Chris mentioned ABS can help I think? last time I seriously
drove an ABS car it wouldn't stop
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Well done Chris. Remnded me of Maths 2 at high school
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posted by HappyDaze
As the song says, "There's a fraction too much friction" going on.
Lee simply wanted to know why his new pads were behaving differently.
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Yes, as they are Not locking up as they were before and very easily..
One corner coming off the highway onto a wide side street , and having a truck doing 50kmh at least on Your tail
I usually go round the corner at 50 and then brake, but if the road is wet, the front would lock up and I would go straight ahead towards a median
strip... so I would have to take My foot off the pedal and then steer left... lol
Well. I did the same thing a few days again in the rain, and the Left hand front was just starting to lock up but the RHS one didn';t and I steered
around the corner...
So, really, I don't care how it all works, I was just wondering why two new front pads would make that difference..
Same tyres.. but new shock absorbers but old gas shocks still worked.. were a soft monroe gas shock.
I did fit another front end as one wheel was positive camber
also aligned the front wheels correctly..
anyway it brakes and steers etc all perfectly... excellent
it may have just been a lot of things all corrected---
toe in - camber - caster? - new shocks - NEW PADS ....??
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