what does it mean?

[manuel]

what does this symbol mean?

 

[E36M3]

you need new brake pads

 

[manuel]

thanks.

 

[bmwperson]

and proly a wear sensor if you had this for a little while.

--
Tom

 

[Wadula]

it means you really use your brakes sometimes and wear them off....chicken

 

[Steve Neu]

what does this symbol mean?

That you don't know there is an instruction book in the glove compartment?

Steve

 

[manuel]

i dont have one steve...but its ok, you didnt know that.
tim, ive been riding with that for 2 days, chump. what know??!!
wanna race!?![fake]

 

[Bimmerlife]

You still have about 3-4mm of braking surface but its time to replace them.

 

[steelblu]

Get ready to fork out some dough too cause you'll have to replace the rotors at the same time.

 

[Wadula]

manuel, yeah i´d love to. just get your butt on the next vessel and ship over.

 

[andreyiv]

steelblu, why do you say that he will need to replace the rotors too? If there is still some braking surface left, why would the pads hurt the rotors? Or am I missing something? Thanks in advance.

 

[Bimmerlife]

He probably thought this.

When you are changing new rotors, you have to change also new pads because the rotors will warp. If you are just changing pads, you can still use old rotors.

But I would suggest changing rotors too because once you turn them down to make the surface straight again, its not the same.

 

[andreyiv]

He probably thought this.
But I would suggest changing rotors too because once you turn them down to make the surface straight again, its not the same.

That's what I thought too. I refused to believe that the rotors will perform just like new ones after a precedure that only costs a few bucks.