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Front brake pads lasting too long
Posted by Harold [Email] (more from Harold) on Mon, 14 Jan 2002 00:04:51
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I got my 91 900 in 1995 with 80k miles. Shortly thereafter, I had the front disks and pads replaced (this was before I knew about this BBS and thought that working on Saabs was really complicated). Now I'm at 145k miles and the pads have still about 70% left. The disks look pretty smooth (glazed?). The braking performance of this car has always been decent. It has the early Saab ABS so when you push the brake, nothing much happens. Only after you start to increase the pressure on the pedal, you start to feel a response. I've always assumed that this was due to the design of the hydraulic system and have seen other posters make the same comments about the cars with the ABS.
So here is the question. Should I consider replacing the disks and pads on the car (the rear ones lasted 90k and the rear disks have been machined by the PO) or should I be happy about the minimum amount of brake dust and current brake performance?
In contrast, my 89 used up pads in about 25k and a second set in 35k on the same set of disks.
I need to replace a CV boot on the 91 so I could replace the disks at the same time.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks, Harold
89 900 140k
91 900 150k
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Posts in this Thread:
- Front brake pads lasting too long, Harold, Mon, 14 Jan 2002 00:04:51 <-- Viewing This Message
- Brake harder. n/m, Adam D, Tue, 15 Jan 2002 02:30:12
- Thanks to all. I will keep them for the moment., Harold, Mon, 14 Jan 2002 12:31:15
- Re: Front brake pads lasting too long, JohnK, Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:35:28
- Any idea what brand of pad?, KeithR, Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:01:47
- Re: Front brake pads lasting too long, paulh, Mon, 14 Jan 2002 08:59:46
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