Question about braking system
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Question about braking system
I have the sister of the Maxima- an I35 and was wondering what percentage of braking the front brakes handled compared to the rear ones? Is it 80/20? I have heard mid-2000s Chrysler vans for example have the front brakes handling like 95% of the braking, so they wear out a lot faster than the rear brakes. My Mercedes ML320 SUV also heavily relies on the front brakes.
Last edited by mclasser; 01-17-2013 at 11:57 AM.
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Bought Hawk front pads. Been waiting to install mostly because had considered getting Hawk for the rears so could install at the same time......exactly for this reason. Thanks, good read.
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From my observations, our maximas have a well balanced brake bias, and that is a good thing. My opinion comes from waching the brake pad wear on several maximas that i've owned. I am most likely wrong, but to me it feels like the bias is around 60/40. or 70/30. That is just what I peronaly think. So yeah, you don't have to worry about the front pads wearing out by themselfs a lot.
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Years ago they use to say 70/30 but with all the new sensors on the cars these days it probably changes as to weight distribution. I use to have a 1989 Chrysler mini van that had a valve that would sense the weight in the rear and adjust the brake distribution accordingly.
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