Oooookay, how am I supposed to inspect Disc Brakes?

My trucks are traded in around 450K and they have 25-30% pad left. 600K isn't far off.

 

Had one truck that the caliper hung up and wore one pad down. An O/O here is buying the truck when it is traded so we put all new pads on it. This is at 368551 miles.

 

A DOT inspector told you there's nothing you can do as a driver to adjust disk brakes huh? Guess he forgot as a driver and not a certified brake mechanic were not allowed to adjust slacks on drums either. I'd like his name and badge number I'll run out to Cali with a brake that's just out of adjustment and ask him if I can just adjust it right there to avoid a ticket if not I'll quote this post.

 

You can if you get certified ,, its very easy to get certified on brakes

 

The only things they can inspect is rotor wear,pad thickness and brake can loose/leaking. There is only an intial air gap when the pads are first installed,no other adjustment untill replaced.

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...gglMAA&usg=AFQjCNH_Y3hnnhGTLJAQCRJ6lXDJBRYjqg

 

When I had them I just looked to make sure they were still there. What else am I supposed to do? Lol

 

My wrenching days are done too. But I still wrench my brakes. Certified or not.