Hayes pad wear limit?

[johnbryanpeters]

How do you decide when Hayes pads are worn out?

They're 4 mm thick, of which 2 mm is backing plate and 2 mm the compound.

I would guess that a reasonable point to replace them is when 60-80% of the compound's used up, so total thickness in the 2.4-2.8 mm range.

It's a little hard to judge by eyeball.

J

[Tweek]

Good idea to replace them when there's less than 2mm left of the braking compound. Hayes or any other disc pads.

[johnbryanpeters]

Good idea to replace them when there's less than 2mm left of the braking compound. Hayes or any other disc pads.
HFX pads only have 2 mm of compound to start with. Did you mean 0.2 mm?

Thanks, John