Re: SUV's Rouge or Tucson
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:55 pm
Mynock wrote:Most of your actual stopping power, in any car/truck, is in the front brakes. The rears apply just enough braking force to keep the vehicle stable during braking, so they don’t get burned up as quick.
Rear brakes on cars from the 90’s also still used drums, not discs, which are much more durable.
If the vehicle was driven conservatively it’s not unusual to see the original factory drums and even pads on it well into the 200k range. My Wrangler was NOT driven conservatively, and even I only needed one set of pads and to have the drums re-machined once.
At 25 percent wear the rear brakes project to last to 600,000 miles, which is a good deal longer than I will last. I do drive conservatively.
