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No you leave the wheels on,and use your detachable eyeball to look at them. You probably shouldn't work on your own truck if you have to ask that questionHow do you measure the pads? Do you take the wheel off?
All the guys I know with detachable eyeballs can't see out of them. Elon give you some kind of new prototype?No you leave the wheels on,and use your detachable eyeball to look at them. You probably shouldn't work on your own truck if you have to ask that question
You mean Blind in 1 eye and can't see out the other eyeAll the guys I know with detachable eyeballs can't see out of them. Elon give you some kind of new prototype?
All the guys I know with detachable eyeballs can't see out of them. Elon give you some kind of new prototype?
To answer your question, yes. I rotate my tires when I do oil changes, and take the opportunity to peek in/under the brake calipers to see how much thickness the pads have left on them. You'd need to remove the wheel to get a decent look, barring Go Go Gadget eye or other spiffy mirror design.How do you measure the pads? Do you take the wheel off?
That's a mistake one usually only makes once. Sad to say I made it in my younger days. Do not recommend.Should be obvious, but let the brakes cool before you stick your hand in there.
I definitely learned my lesson with brakes being hot. Caliper seized up on a shakedown run, pulled the wheel off so I could remove the caliper bolts..the wheel was warm, but the caliper was HOTTT.To answer your question, yes. I rotate my tires when I do oil changes, and take the opportunity to peek in/under the brake calipers to see how much thickness the pads have left on them. You'd need to remove the wheel to get a decent look, barring Go Go Gadget eye or other spiffy mirror design.
That's a mistake one usually only makes once. Sad to say I made it in my younger days. Do not recommend.
I would ask for an actual measurement of the remaining pad. Depending on your tolerance for risk, if there is more than 4/16ths on both inside and outside pads, and you don't anticipate putting a lot of miles on the vehicle over the course of remaining pad life, or doing some towing. I'd wait.Just shy of 60K on 2018 RAM 1500 Big Horn Crew Cab. Dealer wants to replace pads and rotors front and rear.
We have the dealer do all our service work b/c we bought the Mopar Certified Maximum Care warranty.
Two questions: 1) is replacing pads and rotors at 60K typical? We've put 30K on this Certified Used truck in three years, with light trailer towing (less than 3,000 lbs) four or five times. We do live in southern Colorado but in town - paved roads (sorta) and rarely do the gravel roads/Jeep trails.
2) Are OEM pads and rotors worth it? Spoiled by our Camry Hybrid with 160K+ and still wearing OEM pads and rotors.
Was hoping my "get out and get under" days were over! Thanks in advance.
Spoiled by our Camry Hybrid with 160K+ and still wearing OEM pads and rotors.
Was hoping my "get out and get under" days were over! Thanks in advance.
How long ago did you manage the shop? These days there are definitely some cars where this is not true these days. On our old Ford freestyle the rears wore faster than front and it was a known issue for the model. On my ram the rears could have gone a little longer than the front but not much. They were close to worn at the same time as the fronts and pad wear was even.I used to manage.several brake shops in Memphis,TN. Rear brakes should not be worn out at 60,000 miles. Your front brake take about 70% of load when you stop so rears should always last longer than front.
I just replaced the rears at 74,800 otherwise would not have passed state inspection. The fronts passed with flying colors. I'll probably go ahead and change them (just me I like doing them all at once).I used to manage.several brake shops in Memphis,TN. Rear brakes should not be worn out at 60,000 miles. Your front brake take about 70% of load when you stop so rears should always last longer than front.