Talk:Brake pad

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 January 2019 and 10 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Christopher White 96, Sdbz64. Peer reviewers: Natecham.

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This article is focused only on vehicular brake pads. Brkae pads also exist on bicycles. Standard brakes on a bicycle are rubber pads that clamp against the braking surface of the wheel rims. Some bicycles utilize disc brakes. Disk brakes for a bicycle operate almost exactly like the disk brakes of a car. I hope that either this page includes these and any other brake pads or it be turned into a link page giving each type of brake pad its own page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.162.140.53 (talk) 09:45, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to update/add to the materials requirements page: The material's ability to resist brake fade due to wear or temperature. The friction coefficient of modern brake pads should be low enough prevent locking of the wheels but high enough to provide sufficient friction force. Friction coefficients are typically between 0.3 and 0.5. Source: James, Nunney, M. J. (Malcolm (1998). Automotive technology. Society of Automotive Engineers. (3rd ed ed.). Warrendale, PA: SAE. ISBN 0768002737. OCLC 40160726 Sdbz64 (talk) 18:03, 8 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I will be adding to the article's "Materials" section, as well as creating a "History" and "Troubleshooting and Maintenance" section. Sdbz64 (talk) 17:47, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I will be adding a section labeled "Brake Pad Performance Requirements" that will help explain some of the needs that brake pads must meet, such as mileage needed and also compressibility. I will also be adding a new section labeled "Brake Pad Testing" that helps to outline some basic tests that brake pads and their materials undergo. Christopher White 96 (talk) 00:09, 14 April 2019 (UTC) The section mentioned above labeled "Brake Pad Performance Requirements" will have the material properties part added to the "materials" section and a new section will not be started. Christopher White 96 (talk) 00:16, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The term "brake fade" or "fade" is used several times in this article, and although it is noted that brake fade is caused by high temperatures, "brake fade" itself is never defined, nor is there any link to an article that defines the term.

I searched wikipedia for brake shoes; it suggested all sorts of foot wear. Only when I put brake shoes into google did I find this article. I suggest that "brake shoes" should redirect to this article. FreeFlow99 (talk) 08:36, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]