How to know my brake pad still good?

[greatunicon]

every morning, i have some rare noise from my brake, but it will be gone in few second.

how do i check my pad is still good or not?


please help
thx

[illeagle]

This thread might get moved to mechanical.

anyways, pull off one of your front wheels, and look at the pads.. If you have rims, sometimes you can see the pads without taking off the wheel. The pad is the ONLY part/surface touching the disc/rotor

as for noise, there is a piece of metal that drags along the rotor when the pads are low. When the pad just begins to wear, the noise sometimes goes away. If you wait a week, that noise will not go away.. BTW: the noise should be a screetching metal to metal sound.

[Ducati]

Illeagle is right about the warning noise that pads are low.
A quick & dirty rule of thumb is that is there is less than the thickness of a dime remaining on the pads, as you look down at them in the caliper, you should replace tham pronto.

[efedup]

i know that if you go to advance auto parts, and get new pads, they give you a lifetime waranty, so next time there worn, you get new ones for free
comma, comma,

[Moe Man]

mininmum brake disc thickness will usually be printed on the side of the disc

the linings must never be allowed to wear thinner than approximatley 1/16"