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No the message comes on first the second it touches ground then burns though later. Without replacing after burn through you can just short out the 2 sides but no longer functions.
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Huh, mine wasn’t working correctly then. I heard my brakes before any warning light had come on. When I replaced them I noticed the wear sensor was burned through already, when I put everything back together (with new pads and worn sensor) I got the alert. Jumped the wires and it went away. Weird.
Hang on, isn’t it plastic? Plastic doesn’t react when it touches ground.
Hang on, isn’t it plastic? Plastic doesn’t react when it touches ground.
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Huh, mine wasn’t working correctly then. I heard my brakes before any warning light had come on. When I replaced them I noticed the wear sensor was burned through already, when I put everything back together (with new pads and worn sensor) I got the alert. Jumped the wires and it went away. Weird.
Hang on, isn’t it plastic? Plastic doesn’t react when it touches ground.
Hang on, isn’t it plastic? Plastic doesn’t react when it touches ground.
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From another thread right here on CL:
So it appears I was correct, unless this guy was also wrong.
Found in this thread.
It's not an "electronic" or precision part where getting OEM will make a difference. It's just an electical wire, inside a plastic casing and when the rotors wears down the casing and cuts into the wire and severes the connection, it triggers the indicator.
Found in this thread.
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I liked the system on one of my previous cars.
It had 2 pieces of spring steel welded to the side of one of the pads and when it hit the wear limit the spring steel would scrape against the rotor every time you hit the brakes and the SCREEEEEECCHHHHH noise drove you NUTS!!!!
More precisely it drove you straight to the nearest brake shop to get new pads fitted. VERY effective indeed. <LOL>
The SCREEEEECCCHHHH was very good at making pedestrians jump too. <LOL>
It had 2 pieces of spring steel welded to the side of one of the pads and when it hit the wear limit the spring steel would scrape against the rotor every time you hit the brakes and the SCREEEEEECCHHHHH noise drove you NUTS!!!!
More precisely it drove you straight to the nearest brake shop to get new pads fitted. VERY effective indeed. <LOL>
The SCREEEEECCCHHHH was very good at making pedestrians jump too. <LOL>
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In my 2001 the wear sensor when it touched triggered the warning and when I replaced about half the wire was burned through. It has been a long time but I thought that is how it worked.
Easy to tell is touch wire to ground and see if triggers warning. My wire is still intact and not burned through so did not have to short out or replace.
Easy to tell is touch wire to ground and see if triggers warning. My wire is still intact and not burned through so did not have to short out or replace.
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