When should I change my brake pads

**Retz** · April 12th, 2012 02:51 PM

What are the pros and cons of four(4) disck brakes configuration vs. the conventional 2 disc brakes front and 2 drum brakes rear.

**daumingshirts** · April 12th, 2012 03:13 PM

pros: better stopping less lock yun rear.

cons: kung walang integrated drum brake yun rear, ang hina ng hand brake

pati kung habit mo yun maghandbrake pag iiwan yun kotse over night pwedeng magdikit yun brakes. For some reason sobrang dali ma stuck up ng disc brakes vs drum brakes. I guess mas madali rin naman ito ma unstuck vs na stuck up na drum brakes. Which takes a coupe of days.

Best to just put it in gear o Park. tapos relax ang hand brakes.

**Retz** · April 13th, 2012 08:58 AM

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ung mga four(4) disc brakes configuration. edi mahina ung kapit ng handbrake since disck brake sa rear at hindi drum brake?

**OTEP** · April 14th, 2012 02:51 AM

4 wheel discs have increased brake surface area which increases braking force. The exposed rotors also cool down faster than enclosed drums. Overheated brakes result to increased brake distances.

Discs are also simpler to service.

For a parking brake, i really dont know. The pajero has a small drum brake built in the rear discs solely for use as a parking brake. Nissan patrols use a drum brake on the propeller shaft as its parking brake.

**holdencaulfield** · April 15th, 2012 11:23 PM

umiingay na yung brakes ko. i felt the rotors and they are uneven. should they really be smoothed out? ano bang mangyayari kung hindi ko ito ipapa-machine shop? TIA!

**OTEP** · April 16th, 2012 12:32 AM

May pulsation sa pedal. Otherwise hindi ka naman mawawalan ng preno. 5 years pending na pagpapa reface ko, naalala ko lang. Hehe.

**holdencaulfield** · April 16th, 2012 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by OTEP

May pulsation sa pedal. Otherwise hindi ka naman mawawalan ng preno. 5 years pending na pagpapa reface ko, naalala ko lang. Hehe.

hindi ko pa naman nararamdaman (or sanay na lang ako) yung pulsation. buti naman walang effect sa braking. kakatamad kasi pa machine shop, kadalasan ang tagal!
thanks doc!