quattro digest, Vol 1 #2359 - 21 msgs

[ttiholov]

on 6/11/2001 14:46, Kate FitchGerald <k_fitchgerald at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> There is a brake limit indicator on the shoes that I
> have on my car right now. The shoes aren't passed the
> indicator, but I measured the thickness from the wear
> marking of the indicator and where the friction lining
> material attaches to the metal strip.  Less then 2mm,
> however, if I included the width of the metal strip,
> 2mm on the dot.

That's one very thin metal strip.  Usually the metal part of the shoe is
much thicker, 5 mm or more.  In any event, let's think in % - 10 % or 5 %
left means in the garbage bin.  If you wait any longer, metal might begin
braking on metal, and as someone said - need for a new drum, more dinero ...