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[Lakes]

Hi all,
well i saw on another forum a guy with a new Focus complain the front brake pads & also his disc rotors were gon " 30,000k.
i have 55,000k and checked my front brakes two weeks back, pads looked good for another 55,000 and no wear to talk about in the rotors.
i have not seen anyone mention they had put new pads in there i30. so wondering if anyone has?

[StarSeeker]

That’s encouraging for new owners like me.  Does the type of driving you do need little use of the brakes

[moxey]

Hyundai must use superior stuff or you must be a fantastic driver or both   

[Dazzler]

I will hit 60,000 next month so i'll get some feedback on mine at that service...

[Shambles]

I will hit 60,000 next month so i'll get some feedback on mine at that service...

At my 37,500 mile service (is that around 63,000 km?) the "what's coming next" report (I binned it, unfortunately) had a report on the pads. IIRC it said "50% wear" and disks were "within tolerance".

My usage is mainly motorway so not much braking involved, compared with a lot of you townsfolk

[i30sean]

Brake pads wouldn't be covered by the warranty but would the disk's if they needed replacing?

I30Sean.

[Lorian]

Probably nothing wrong with the Ford pads and discs, just the dealer needed to make some money out of they guy. It happens.

[Myowni30]

Brake pads wouldn't be covered by the warranty but would the disk's if they needed replacing?
I30Sean.

Disk's may be covered if warped (rare these days - better castings and materials). But would not be covered for general wear (thickness), same as the pads.

[Lakes]

well, i see, with my own eye's, a few late model cars that the disc rotors wear at same speed as the pads, some say thats how performance brakes work.
but those type brakes give off lots of brake dust, so your wheels are forever dirty black. ( Know what i mean now?)
but i much prefer long lasting brakes. as i do a lot of city driving, also do country, but mostly city as i live in Sydney. i'm what i'd call a very spirited driver sometimes, i like to put them through there paces, if you know what i mean.
the i30 brakes are large for this size car, so i think they handle there job with ease.
Razzy the racer mentioned he changed brake pad compound for racing.

[blumf]

As well as the quality of the pads used it could be an issue of how well the breaks were bedded in.

[whitbomb07]

Nice topic to bring up Lakes.

I'm about to hit 57,000 km and have been wondering the same thing, but haven't had a chance to take the wheels off and take a look, I'll probably leave it to the service guys, I'm paying for em anyway! Plus I'm much like you (rather spirited driving) but don't use the brakes to much.

If there's a red light, foot off accelerator, drop a gear etc etc, approaching corner, I again take foot off so that I enter at the speed I desire, instead of like most people, keeping foot on accelerator until at or into the corner and then applying brakes.

I'm a firm believer that brakes are only meant to be used in the the following situations: 1. Wiping off the last 10km/h when rolling up to a traffic light stop sign etc etc, 2. when there is simply no other choice (like coming around a corner or going down a hill to find a red light and engine braking isn't enough to pull you up) 3. When you poorly judge your distances v speed (which I can admit to every now and again, I'm not perfect) and 4. OH $H1T! situations 

Majority of drivers I see every day go flying past me up to red lights, roundabout, corners, stop signs etc etc etc and then last second throw the brakes on (and in the case of roundabouts and corners, dawdle through, meanwhile if there's a second lane I go flying past them and what they have done has come to nought) and they wonder why their economy is bad and they need to replace brakes more often. Any person who thinks they are saving time in their trip doing these things is kidding themselves, mere seconds at best is all it will save (unless it's an interstate journey)

One question I have is about the park brake, is there drum brakes on the rear in the centre of the rotor? Or is it disc brake only?

Regards

Daniel

[Lakes]

Hi Daniel, you sound like me, thats about same as i do myself.
the hand brake is like a drumb brake, if you look at your rear disc rotor, you will see the center is wide cast iron the hand brakes drum brake is inside that. i don't like to adjust them or have others adjust them unless it really needs it, as if over adjusted they will drag, and make a noise, specialy in reverse. you can normally adjust the hand brake via the cable that opperates it. i'm always light on the handbrake. i have not had to adjust mine yet. and my falcon ute has over 200,000k 5 years never adjusted that's hand brake and it still works, falcons are famious for there poor old hand brake, so i'm happy mine is a good one.
i would say if you wanted a good hand brake for emergency braking or to put the car into a slide, converting the stock to hydralic would be probably the best, just not sure how good they would be locked in park being hydralic.
cheers

[whitbomb07]

Hey Lakes

I've been a bit curious about the drum brakes as to whether they where inside that housing or if like many new cars nowadays relied soley on the disc brakes (not as good as drum brakes for parking) the only thing that threw me was the size, it just seemed a little small.

Not interested in turning the i30 into a drift car but interesting info!

I know at one of the servicings they definitely tightened my hand brake, it's gradually loosened over time, but I'm happy with it the way it is.

Regards

Daniel

[accim]

Probably depends pretty much of how you are driving. On Hyundai Elantra, I've had, I've changed the brake pads on 30,000 kms, because of my agressive driving.. Going 160, 180,.. and than braking to 100, 80, 60.. Than I started driving more normal and did 70,000 kms with that second set of brake pads.

On my i30, I have 57,000 kms now and I think they are still ok. But I have a feeling they will change them at 60,000 kms service. Especially after driving almost new i30 last day, i realized how much mine are worn. They are probably at around 40-50% now.