On Thu, 14 May 1998 09:38:16 -0700 Skye Poier <skye@hoth.ffwd.bc.ca>
writes:
>Word on the street is that miker15@juno.com said:
>> I took the wheels off this morning to find that the pads were wafer
>thin!
>> - i was about 20 miles from metal!!
>
>Speaking of which, what is the thickness that says "time for a
>change"?
>
>In mm (millimeters) if possible.. do you need a caliper to measure
I'll bow to more technical wisdom than mine but 3 of the ones i took off
were less than 1mm and the 4th had about 3mm - since they start life at
about 5-6mm, my guess would be at about 2mm
>
>> I cleaned the rotors with scotchbrite -
>Is scotchbrite similar to SOS pads?
>
No - its not metallic - more like the green rectangular scouring pads you
see -
you can get it at any hardware store
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
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