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How Often Should You Replace Brake Pads?

8/10/2020

 
PictureDrum brake replacement
Brakes are your car's fundamental safety feature, and they are one of the parts created to wear down. But have you asked yourself, "How often should you replace brake pads? This article will tell you all you need to know regarding the regularity of brake service.

How Often Should You Replace Brake Pads: First How Do Brakes Work?

First, let's determine what happens when you use the brakes. Brakes are a system. There isn't one component in a vehicle you can refer to as a brake. To help you realize what type of wear your car's brakes will suffer, here is a quick look at how brakes work.

Your auto has two types of brakes: front and rear brakes. Front brakes use rotors as a braking gadget. Rear brakes might use rotors, although several manufacturers put in enlarging drum brakes to reduce production prices.

When you press the brake, it absorbs the fluid and drives it through a host of tubes. As the brake fluid comes to the front wheels, it triggers a caliper that presses the brake pads on both sides of the rotor, building resistance and making it slow down its motion.

For the back wheels, the brake fluid travels to the wheel cylinder in the drum, making the brake shoes go toward the rotating drum. The brake drums slow down and stop.

There are numerous parts prone to wear in a brake system. Brake shoes and brake pads are the best candidates for replacement. When they wear down, the next system components to experience destruction are drums and rotors. If changes aren't made to the brake shoes and pads in a timely fashion, you'll have costly repairs. 

The Causes of Rapid Brake Wear

  • Traveling on the roads with a lot of sharp turns and steep hills 
  • Suddenly go and stop driving
  • Riding your brakes
  • Driving in heavy traffic with frequent braking
  • Buy inexpensive braking system parts

The less stress you put on your braking unit, the more time you can go without needing brake service.
To learn more about your braking system and when to replace your brake components, contact Buffalo Roadside Assistance.


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