Service Screen in I-Drive
10-06-2004 | 07:46 AM
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I was looking through the Service menu yesterday evening and something caught my eye.
I went >Information>Service. I was looking at the miles to go for the different maintence items. It was Oil Service then Rear Brake Pads and then Front Brake Pads. It showed 9,000 miles to go for the rear and 13,000 for the Front. However, I could swear before it was Oil Service then Front Brake Pads and then Rear Brake Pads. Could some people check their cars and post how theirs are??? I would think front pads would go out faster than rear pads. Am I wrong? Really with the car being 50/50 weight distribution, they should wear nearly evenly.
Any help would be great. I just checked the owners manual and it shows it rear pads first then front pads.
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I went >Information>Service. I was looking at the miles to go for the different maintence items. It was Oil Service then Rear Brake Pads and then Front Brake Pads. It showed 9,000 miles to go for the rear and 13,000 for the Front. However, I could swear before it was Oil Service then Front Brake Pads and then Rear Brake Pads. Could some people check their cars and post how theirs are??? I would think front pads would go out faster than rear pads. Am I wrong? Really with the car being 50/50 weight distribution, they should wear nearly evenly.
Any help would be great. I just checked the owners manual and it shows it rear pads first then front pads.
Thanks
10-06-2004 | 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by GotBMW' date='Oct 6 2004, 08:46 AM
Really with the car being 50/50 weight distribution, they should wear nearly evenly.
10-06-2004 | 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim C' date='Oct 6 2004, 04:53 PM
[quote name='GotBMW' date='Oct 6 2004, 08:46 AM']Really with the car being 50/50 weight distribution, they should wear nearly evenly.
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[/quote]That's correct!
Front should come first...
10-06-2004 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Oct 6 2004, 10:04 AM
[quote name='Tim C' date='Oct 6 2004, 04:53 PM'][quote name='GotBMW' date='Oct 6 2004, 08:46 AM']Really with the car being 50/50 weight distribution, they should wear nearly evenly.
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[/quote]That's correct!
Front should come first...
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[/quote]Front should come first, however the front disks and pads are larger then the rear.
Front DIAMETER x THICKNESS: 12.8 x 1.18 inch
Rear DIAMETER x THICKNESS: 12.6 x 0.79 inch
And the oild change should definately be before either of those wear out.
10-06-2004 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by skipper' date='Oct 6 2004, 05:10 PM
And the oild change should definately be before either of those wear out.
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10-06-2004 | 09:55 AM
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Don't those thicknesses represent the rotor and not the pads? By the way, I agree that the front pads may be thicker and that may answer the question as to why the rears need replacing earlier.
