Brake Pad Wear

[maingate]

you should look at pads about every six mts or so,by the way its bad practice to use gears to slow down it came from the days when cars had poor brakes,pads & dics are cheaper to replace than the wear on transmision parts.

After doing a service on my car, my mechanic friend told me to drive like a boy racer for a while. That was because of slight pitting on the discs. He was correct, heavier than normal braking got rid of it. :lol-061:

 

[Siimplyloco]

I remember when I took my driving test in the TA, part of the test was in a 1 ton truck (with all the others taking the test that weekend in the back).
Sometimes though you have to drive with the flow of traffic but I still avoid heavy breaking if I can.

I did the same in a Land Rover with other candidates in the back. I'd never driven one before. I was so involved with double declutching the thing that I didn't have time to use the brakes! I've been light on brakes ever since.
John