Brake wear is dependant on a lot of factor. If they have plenty of pad left
and they work fine then don't change them...


"Leonard Caillouet" <no@no.com> wrote in message
newstR2g.3940$B42.90@dukeread05...
> Just rotated the tires and checked the brakes and once again, it looks
> like they are fine. I have new pads and shoes to compare and it looks
> like no more than about 15% of the material is gone. The brakes work
> fine. The rotors have a small ridge on them but the drums have so little
> wear that you can hardly notice a ridge. The van has 80K miles on it and
> these are the original parts. My feeling is that it makes no sense to
> change them if there is no more wear than this. Can anyone suggest why I
> should do otherwise? Is it typical for these brake parts to last this
> long? I bought replacements assuming that they would long be worn out
> and check them when rotating the tires every 7500 miles, but I can 't see
> a reason to change them.
>
> Leonard
>