Spoke to a guy named shawn at Hawk Performance the other day regarding break pads and their length of service. Some people are convinced you run them once
and trash them, refusing to believe this could be true I called Hawk and they said as long as the heat range for their pads hav'nt been exceeded(900
degrees for blacks, 1000 degrees for blues) you can run them to about 1/4" off the rivets. This is due to the pad material acting like a heat barrier and
it also absorbs heat. The pad can also crack and break off in chunks when they are too thin. If your padds heat range has been exceeded it will turn blue and
glazed. If your in question about your calipers heat buy a stick on temp. gauge from Speedway motors or some other vendor. A properly balanced system
should'nt exceed these limits even in the long races. If you have a belt sander this is the best way to clean and true them back up.
I have used pads(mostly front now) that are 80-90%. 25.00........why spend 60 or 70 for a new box? 812-972-5187
If you have any knowledge to add to this please do so
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