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"jdoe" > wrote in message newsRVid.574442$8_6.517488@attbi_s04... > Sorry I don't buy it. My wife STANDS on the brakes and JUMPS back on the > gas and has no idea how to drive smoootly. Yet I get no problems (other > than grief form her from time to time) ;-) Either way if you're having > that many issues I'd look into drive style or quality of your replacement > parts. Hell I even tried the Chinese rotors just for fun and didn't have > problems. > Larry > "RWM" > wrote in message > ... >> >> >> High_Density wrote: >>> "cosza" > wrote in message >>> ... >>> >>>>I took the Van for service today. The dealer called me and said that my >>>>fronts disks and pad are 5%, basically finished. The milage is only >>>>31000 >>> >>> Km >>> >>>>(19375 miles). Seems kind of soon for this. What is everybody out there >>>>experiencing. >>> >>> >>> Good grief! Get your left foot off the brake pedal! I have 47000 on my >>> original 2002 disks and will probably get 60000 km out of them just like >>> I >>> did on my 2000 which had smaller front disk brakes. You should perhaps >>> look >>> at your driving style. I suspect there may be a problem there. >>> >> >> >> >> >> In our case, we twice got over 40K on Honda Accord front pads, and I have >> gotten over 40K on Datsun 2000 Roadster front pads, driven hard. >> >> By contrast, we got only 20K on the GC's brakes and only 37K on the >> rotors. It's not all driving style, by a long shot. It's a heavy >> vehicle, marginal brake capacity and junk rotors, too. > Just changed my 2004 vans front pads today with ceramic pads. Reason; too much brake dust!. Found they were about 60% gone in 24,000 miles. This is the direction I would recommend. Richard. |
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