Brake TSIB story
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Humm wonder how long they will honor the brake pad change... i JUST got my 15K mile service done... so I dont want to go back just yet for the brake pads... but what if they decide to not warrant the TSIB anymore?
It appears the rotors may wear faster, but I have to measure to be sure. I probably won't get to it for awhile though, too many other irons in the fire right now. I'll check the pad wear at the same time. I've had them on for about 13,000 miles and I measured the rotors right after the replacement pads went in so I could check rotor wear.
Sort of. I now commute 20 miles in occasionally stop and go traffic. My first 21k miles when I measured consisted of 99% highway mileage with very little braking at all. So, I'd attribute part of the accelerated wear to a different use pattern. Still, 2500 of those post TSIB pad miles were driving from Sacramento to Atlanta and that surely was not very taxing on brakes.
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sqeaking?
i'm taking it they squeaked when you adjusted them right? did they squeak at any other times?
chris
chris
it's NV001-06 ... from what they told me over the phone, my actual problem was with the seat rail, and they needed to order a new seat rail. But the TSIB has to do with some locator pins in the seat mount that come into contact with the rail, and involves them cutting off part of the pins with a dremel. 
But the good news for me is that it seems they are willing to do whatever it takes to fix the creaking problem, even if it's not specifically what was in the TSIB,.
But the good news for me is that it seems they are willing to do whatever it takes to fix the creaking problem, even if it's not specifically what was in the TSIB,.
Updated Wear Information
OK I measured one of the discs tonight. It measured 29.48mm. New is 30mm, and wear limit is 27mm. I have worn 17.2% of the discs life away. When I got the new pads at ~21k miles, I measured 29.8mm, so I've worn 0.32mm in the last 13k miles (or so). My guess is these pads are wearing the discs a little faster. I'm still not complaining - 82.8% left with 34k+ on the car isn't bad at all. Way better than my Supra - its brakes were shot (discs and pads) at 63k miles.
Measured the discs tonight - thinnest spot measured 29.36mm. I now have 45k+ miles on the odometer, and nearly 25k miles on the pads. So, in the last 11k miles, I've used an additional 0.12mm of the disc's life. So at 45k miles I've used 21.3% of the disc's useful life, or 4.1% in the last 11k miles.
For a better comparision, I've used 0.44mm of the disc's useful life since getting the TSIB pads, and I've completely changed my driving patterns to about 75% city - stop & go - and 25% freeway from about 99% freeway and 1% city. Commuting does have a price. My estimation is the TSIB pads do not wear the discs any more quickly than the original dust producing "high friction" pads.
Pads are 9.7mm thick after almost 25k miles. So they're worn about 21%. Projecting perfectly even pad wear (like that ever really happens) I could go 125k miles on these pads and discs. I am still baffled how some of you are wearing out your brakes in 15k miles or less - unless you brake with your left foot all the time.
I'd call the TSIB pads a total win!
Last edited by lobuxracer; Feb 17, 2008 at 06:00 PM.
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I would not wait too long to get the pads replaced, they may decide not to if there is barely any pad left. My dealer actually resurfaced the rotors for me free of charge. Refer to the below and you will be fine. The new pads have little dust and are much better.
Brakes: Performed TSIB #BR002-006
Parts: 473301- F DCS BRK Pad
04465-30400 Pad Kit, Disc Brake
Brakes: Performed TSIB #BR002-006
Parts: 473301- F DCS BRK Pad
04465-30400 Pad Kit, Disc Brake
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