XPost: alt.home.repair, ca.driving   
   From: arlenholder@newmachine.com   
      
   On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:04:50 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 wrote:   
      
   > Every pad I've installed for decades has had them, including the ones that   
   > use electric wear sensors.   
      
   How many miles do you get per front pads, in general?   
      
   As for mechanical sensors, my bimmer has only one wear sensor per axle   
   o No mechanical sensor; only electronic (front left and rear right).   
      
   Although electronic is essentially mechanical, since it's a stub of plastic   
   that wears on contact, exposing the wires embedded inside that plastic.   
      
   One issue is removing the sensors often breaks them if you're not careful.   
      
   Since we rotate so frequently, checking brakes are easy; but this question   
   was for estimating miles for someone else who doesn't rotate as frequently   
   as I do (due to mountainous terrain causing specific "camber scrub" wear to   
   the inboard corners of the front tires).   
      
   At the moment, with the data we have, it's about 4,000 miles per pad mm.   
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