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How To
Change Your Brake Pads
[By Scott Memmer]
Nothing is more
important than your car's ability to stop itself.
Even race car drivers will tell you that a car's braking capacity takes
precedence over its acceleration. Putting a car through a wall is not nearly as
much fun as touching the brakes slightly, banking into a turn, and scooting out
the other side. Nor as safe.
But braking systems often fail us -- usually from our own neglect. Even Formula
One cars won't stop as effectively with worn brake pads. It's the equipment,
folks, not the driver.
In the case of braking, it's essential that we maintain optimum friction pad
depth to insure maximum performance of the braking system. In layman's terms:
change your brake pads!
In previous articles at Edmunds.com we've discussed the ins and outs of braking
systems. The link below provides an excellent primer on the differences between
drum and disc brakes. You might want to read it before going any further.
Okay, here's the deal. We're not
going to go into some long, drawn-out discussion about the advantages and
disadvantages of various braking systems, drag coefficients, friction rates,
kinetic versus thermal energy, etc., etc. What we're going to do here is roll up
our sleeves and do a brake reline. Leave that other stuff to the armchair
mechanics, the sideline slackers.
As always with our How To columns, we suggest that you own a basic tool kit and
have the time to commit to the task. This will take a few hours. In exchange, we
hope to teach you a little something about braking systems and what makes them
tick.
As we said at the outset, nothing is more important than your car's ability to
stop itself. Learning about the braking system -- how it works, ways to maintain
it, when to fix it, what to look for while you're in there -- will not only make
you a smarter driver, but a safer one too.