Brake Pad Replacements

[Grumpaw]

*me* the grammar Nazi is freaking me out too.

During a recent "reign" storm, there were "to" accidents where "awl" parties refused to "break".
"Their" were "know" witnesses. "Know" "won" wanted to call the "hole" thing off, "sew", "thee" resulting action caused "awl" parties to "Sioux" each other !!!

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[Dereku]

*me* the grammar Nazi is freaking me out too.

I have disc breaks two.

 

[Grumpaw]

I have disc breaks two.

You mean you have too disk breaks, two ?
Eye actually have fore , to disk breaks on the front and too disk breaks on the rear...

 

[Dereku]

You mean you have too disk breaks, two ?
Eye actually have 4 , to disk breaks on the front and too disk breaks on the rear...

I has breaks. They unfast me good.

 

[Msfitoy]

Before I answer that question for you I must ask how you know you need to replace the brakes soon? The reason I ask this is at 30,000 miles my rear brakes were still at 9mm and the fronts being at almost 10mm.

90K and pads are nearly as good as yours...8mm...

 

[Msfitoy]

*BRAKES*?Please edit your posts. The Grammar Nazi in my is freakin' out.

The Grammar Nazi in "MY" is freaking out????? ? ? ?

 

[Dgc333]

Thank you all for the help, thinking it’s best for me just to ensure there’s plenty of pad left before ordering replacements. When the time comes, are any of you partial to a specific brand, type, etc? I don’t plan on doing any towing or any extreme off roading, mainly daily street use and it will be Livernois tuned come this weekend

Over the past 35 years of owning vehicles with disk brakes I have had great experiences with Raybestos brake pads. Over the past 10 years Powerstop has been very good too. I typically buy ceramic for the reduced dusting.

I have had EBC pads where the friction material has separated from the backing plate. I tried Akebono once and the friction material started chunking after about 10k miles. Store brands like Duralast don't wear well and tend to through a lot of dust. I stay away from these brands now.

FWIW, I typical stay away from manufactuers parts when I can. Early in my engineering career I ran the test lab for a company that was an OE supplier to Ford, GM and Chrysler for and assortment of sensors, switches and heat exchangers. What I found was the specs we had to work to for the OEs we're very restrictive and did not give us the flexibility to do it better. We didn't have those restrictions with the equivalent applications we sold to the aftermarket. In most cases our aftermarket line of parts were better than what we supplied to the OEs.

 

[Jms81661]

The Grammar Nazi in "MY" is freaking out????? ? ? ?

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[103]

Over the past 35 years of owning vehicles with disk brakes I have had great experiences with Raybestos brake pads. Over the past 10 years Powerstop has been very good too. I typically buy ceramic for the reduced dusting.

I have had EBC pads where the friction material has separated from the backing plate. I tried Akebono once and the friction material started chunking after about 10k miles. Store brands like Duralast don't wear well and tend to through a lot of dust. I stay away from these brands now.

FWIW, I typical stay away from manufactuers parts when I can. Early in my engineering career I ran the test lab for a company that was an OE supplier to Ford, GM and Chrysler for and assortment of sensors, switches and heat exchangers. What I found was the specs we had to work to for the OEs we're very restrictive and did not give us the flexibility to do it better. We didn't have those restrictions with the equivalent applications we sold to the aftermarket. In most cases our aftermarket line of parts were better than what we supplied to the OEs.

The OEM pads seem to be really good for the Ranger. I am at 101k miles on the original pads. I don't remember the measurement, but they aren't going to need replacing anytime soon. Rock Auto had a sale on pads last year sometime, so I have a spare set of OEMs for all four, but it appears they will sit on the parts shelf for a while yet.

 

[got3fords]

I will only use OEM brakes. They last a very long time. I put 155k on my 2012 Focus and I think I replaced the fronts maybe twice, the rears once. Top quality.

 

[Dgc333]

The OEM pads seem to be really good for the Ranger. I am at 101k miles on the original pads. I don't remember the measurement, but they aren't going to need replacing anytime soon. Rock Auto had a sale on pads last year sometime, so I have a spare set of OEMs for all four, but it appears they will sit on the parts shelf for a while yet.

I would not put how long a set of pads last very far up my priority list when selecting a set of pads. Brake feel, bite, fade resistance and to a lesser degree how much dust they create are all more important to me than how long they last.

 

[103]

I would not put how long a set of pads last very far up my priority list when selecting a set of pads. Brake feel, bite, fade resistance and to a lesser degree how much dust they create are all more important to me than how long they last.

I haven’t not stopped when I wanted/needed to in over 100,000 miles. You do you.

 

[JACKSMYDOG]

*BRAKES*?Please edit your posts. The Grammar Nazi in my is freakin' out.

As my "English as a 2nd language" friend used to say, "When you live the glass roof, you don't throw the rock".

You said "Grammar" Nazi, which as the complaint is about spelling wasn't a grammar error and you should have said "Spelling" Nazi. Yours is a grammar error, in a post inaccurately complaining about grammar errors.

 

[bluemonstr]

Over the past 35 years of owning vehicles with disk brakes I have had great experiences with Raybestos brake pads. Over the past 10 years Powerstop has been very good too. I typically buy ceramic for the reduced dusting.

I have had EBC pads where the friction material has separated from the backing plate. I tried Akebono once and the friction material started chunking after about 10k miles. Store brands like Duralast don't wear well and tend to through a lot of dust. I stay away from these brands now.

FWIW, I typical stay away from manufactuers parts when I can. Early in my engineering career I ran the test lab for a company that was an OE supplier to Ford, GM and Chrysler for and assortment of sensors, switches and heat exchangers. What I found was the specs we had to work to for the OEs we're very restrictive and did not give us the flexibility to do it better. We didn't have those restrictions with the equivalent applications we sold to the aftermarket. In most cases our aftermarket line of parts were better than what we supplied to the OEs.

Thank you for actually providing an answer for the OP, dgc. It's sad that he posted a question and all he got was a bunch of 'why do you need to know that'.

I came in here looking for a potential pad replacement simply because IF I needed to replace them sooner than expected, I'd have an idea of what works best with this platform.

 

[103]

Thank you for actually providing an answer for the OP, dgc. It's sad that he posted a question and all he got was a bunch of 'why do you need to know that'.

I came in here looking for a potential pad replacement simply because IF I needed to replace them sooner than expected, I'd have an idea of what works best with this platform.

The question was answered numerous times. You just didn't like the answers--which is fine. I have never had factory pads last as long or wear as consistently as the ones on my 2019. Normally I would just replace pads with whatever is available. But the factory pad are so good, that I bought OEMs to sit around as my replacements should I need them.

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