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2002 Ody EX (wife's). Brakes starting to squeal, so I got a set of OEM pads from Bernardi.
The local AutoZone had a set of front & rear discs in stock, but decided to measure the OEM set before deciding on buying those. As it turned out, the OEM discs were fine.
I removed each disc, sanded off the transfer layer of brake material from each disc with 100-grit sandpaper. Discs had no runout, and had the required thickness (and inside diameter for the rear parking brake drum).
Bedded the pads on a short road trip (used a dozen consecutive hard stops from 60+mph, and it took eight to get a "green fade"). No juddering or vibration. After they cooled, I tried a stop from freeway speed, and man, did they grab well, smoothly all the way to a near full-stop.
I think manualman has over 160,000 miles on his original discs. We'll see if I can get there with these.
OF
The local AutoZone had a set of front & rear discs in stock, but decided to measure the OEM set before deciding on buying those. As it turned out, the OEM discs were fine.
I removed each disc, sanded off the transfer layer of brake material from each disc with 100-grit sandpaper. Discs had no runout, and had the required thickness (and inside diameter for the rear parking brake drum).
Bedded the pads on a short road trip (used a dozen consecutive hard stops from 60+mph, and it took eight to get a "green fade"). No juddering or vibration. After they cooled, I tried a stop from freeway speed, and man, did they grab well, smoothly all the way to a near full-stop.
I think manualman has over 160,000 miles on his original discs. We'll see if I can get there with these.
OF