Quick brake question

[Richard J Lebens]

There are plenty of ways the calipers will hang and wear out pads much
quicker than 12,000 miles.

--- Benjamin Weste Pearre <bwpearre at alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
> I've decided to rename my 1990 200 "Hyatt".
> 
> The current question is about brakes.  During hard braking, I hear a
> grindy noise.  This sounds like it could be worn-out pads, and in all
> fairness I haven't gotten around to checking them yet (!), but the
> current pads have 12000 (mostly highway) miles on them, and I don't
> use the brakes that much.  I'm assuming that the pads will be OK --
> what are the other possible sources for grinding noises?  Other
> components of the brake system?  Grit stuck in a pad?
> 
> I should note that the brake pad wear sensor keeps beeping, but
> that's
> not indicating worn pads, but rather a faulty connection in the brake
> pad wear sensor circuit -- it does it even when the pads are fine. 
> So
> it's not much use for diagnosis.  Maybe I should work on fixing it...
> 
> Cheers!
> -Ben
> 
> -- 
> Ben Pearre          1990 200TQA          http://hebb.mit.edu/~ben
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