slobote
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At how many miles have you had to replace brake pads and resurface rotors?
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big jimbo
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It all depends on how the coach has been driven and how the brakes are adjusted. In other words, there is no standard answer to your question.
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Jamesrpm
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big jimbo wrote:It all depends on how the coach has been driven and how the brakes are adjusted. In other words, there is no standard answer to your question.
And where it's been , flat freeways or mountainous curvy roads , still no pat answer to your question.
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Sully2
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slobote wrote:With a MH using jake brake 50% of the time, what would be a reasonable amount of mileage before having to do this. Just bought a cat powered 33ft beaver with 57,000 miles and the front brakes need to be replaced and rotors resurfaced. Disc brakes with ABS.
Someone wasnt using their brake properly or maybe at all? ( exhaust brake)
I was worried abhout replacement when I first bought my coach and asked my "wrench". He told me that if I have to have them replaced at 80,000...I wasnt doing something right. 100K min and even as long as 125K
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lzasitko
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Depends a lot on what type of roads you drive as well as setup etc as well as the human part  some people are more aggressive than others.
When I bought our MH I had the brakes done and last spring we ran it out to Victoria and back. Drove around all summer too. This spring when I checked, on three discs the pad were down to about 1/8" of pad left. On the last disc the outer pad was down to about the same but the inside pad was down to bare metal. It had grooved the disc itself and too deep to be machined out. On the same wheel the caliper seal was in pieces and leaking brake fluid a little.
I bought new discs for the rear and new pads for front and rear. I was going to take it up and my bil and I would change them but he was really busy. We were supposed to go to Calgary so in the end I bought a 12 ton pneumatic/hydraulic jack and my son and I changed the disc on the rear. While it was apart I also changed the axle seals. I had to take the disc and hub to a shop to get the bolts pressed out, I have a friend that has a shop so I just used his press. Once I was home it was all done and back together in a couple hours. Rebled the brakes and everything is good. The last trip to the coast we went through southern BC and grades both up and down are steeper than route one. In all I think most of the wear was that trip. With a gas engine and no engine brake it is really hard on the service brakes.
If you are handy with a wrench you could easily change the pads yourself just make sure your jack is capable of lifting it and make sure you have good stands (I used 2 6 ton stands on each side).
In all I had about 40,000 kms on the pads when I changed them.
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itsalleasy
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12,000 miles since I did mine, just got done packing bearings and greasing the caliper slides. No noticeable wear on the pads.
You don't have to turn the rotors if the surfaces are good.
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stevelv
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Are you talking car or MH?
Does your MH have discs? I would have thought you would have drums and they are good for about 200,000 miles after which you should check the shoe lining thickness.
On cars I normally change the pads around 25,000 miles (they are cheap enough) - I had to replace rotors on a 1988 Corvette but never had rotors turned and they are usually cheap enough to buy new anyway.
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igor2brvn
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Front brake pads and rotors had to be replaced on my MH at 25,000 miles. Too hot too often on mountain descends. Rear pads probably good for 50,000 at least.
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mike4947
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Front brakes take apx 70% of the braking force so the rear should last a lot longer.
Another problem I've had is actually lack of use. The pads get wet at the last stop and end up putting a corrosion patch on the rotors. You end up with a petal feel like an ABS system has kicked in.
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lzasitko
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Not all motorhomes had rear drums. Our MH is 1982 with a P31 chassis (30 had drums, 31 had rear discs and a few other minor changes to frame).
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