How many miles would you guess I have left in these brakes, or should I change them?

Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by David Schwarz, Jun 5, 2017.

  1. skro47

    skro47 Light Load Member

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    And I just reread the original post... Im an idiot haha.
     
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  3. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Those pads look pretty good for a while, wear bars still there on the sides of the pads.

    If you ever have a oppertunity to put new pads on, do it. There are some hills around this Nation worth the extra expense.
     
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  4. David Schwarz

    David Schwarz Light Load Member

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    Yeah the drums needed replaced so ill just change the brakes since ill have to remove all the drums anyways. Truck has really low miles but I think tires and drums were swapped before they sent it to auction. I thought the shoes were done because the wear line was behind the drum. Already knew the drums were done but changing the brakes couldn't hurt either.
     
  5. kutuzov

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    It might or might not had been replaced before the sale. Many company drivers over use the brakes and don't know how to downshift and use the engine brake. An o/o that knows brakes are expensive tries to avoid using them if posible. It happens very often that you see company trucks using brakes on a small downhill when you just need to go 1 shift down and put jet brakes, no need to even touch brakes. But on the other hand my truck when I bought it would not let me do more than 1700 rpms regardless of how much I press the gas, and to go from 10 to 9 at 60 you need 2000 or so to get it in, so I needed to use jet and regular brakes at the time. I have the computer free now so I can do that.
     
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