I get my brakes examined annually and although the discs were rusted around the edges they didn't look bad and passed an MOT. The outwood facing pads had plenty of meat on them.
Coming home from our bank holiday break the abs light came on and I noticed a slight squeeze when the brakes were hot. So I took it in to a local garage I use, the code read rh rear abs electronic fault.
Van over the pit it soon became obvious that the sensor was seized in and of course broke off.
Next course of action was the brake disk had to come off to access the other side of the sensor. Hand brake shoes slackened off and disc loosened but it wouldn't come off. It was catching on the hand brake shoes. Many tries later with increasing sizes of tools the disc was off.
On looking at it there was a large band of rust at the edge stopping it moving. So obviously the shoes were now wrecked, and looking at the inside surface of the disc it was half rust half shiney and the pad was almost non existant.
I put it down to not being used much during covid.
So new pads, discs and shoes required and of course the ABS sensor.
So in reality if you have the rear brakes with the internal brake shoes they need stripping every few years to clean and don't presume that because the outer pads look like new the inner one will be OK. The inside pad would have disintegrated way before the wear sensor on the outer pad would notify you of it being worn out.
Coming home from our bank holiday break the abs light came on and I noticed a slight squeeze when the brakes were hot. So I took it in to a local garage I use, the code read rh rear abs electronic fault.
Van over the pit it soon became obvious that the sensor was seized in and of course broke off.
Next course of action was the brake disk had to come off to access the other side of the sensor. Hand brake shoes slackened off and disc loosened but it wouldn't come off. It was catching on the hand brake shoes. Many tries later with increasing sizes of tools the disc was off.
On looking at it there was a large band of rust at the edge stopping it moving. So obviously the shoes were now wrecked, and looking at the inside surface of the disc it was half rust half shiney and the pad was almost non existant.
I put it down to not being used much during covid.
So new pads, discs and shoes required and of course the ABS sensor.
So in reality if you have the rear brakes with the internal brake shoes they need stripping every few years to clean and don't presume that because the outer pads look like new the inner one will be OK. The inside pad would have disintegrated way before the wear sensor on the outer pad would notify you of it being worn out.