disc pads

I wonder how hard the pad material is Murray. It sounds to me like the material is quite hard, hence the good wear.
You might notice a lot of the european cars have a lot of brake dust on their mag wheels, they use a softer material.
Did you have a choice of types of pad material?

Dave

I have a 92 patrol and had problems with bendex pads. They would gather the wear dust and melt it all together like a stone and bed it self in the pad. Then they wore grooves in the rotor. Took the vehicle back to brake fitter and he tried telling me a stone had worked its way into the pad. I figureed that wasnt possible due to the closeness of the pads to rotor.

I contacted bendex, and after a bit of back wards and forwards, they admitted they had a problem with nissan original rotors doing this to their pads. They ended up replacing pads and giving me 2 new rotors. Was very pleased with bendex and their handling of the issue.

Made me wonder how many other people had been caught like this beleiving they had picked up a stone in the pad.

Cheers Col

I've just fitted the Bendix 4wd pads to my LC100. I have noticed especially first thing in the morning when they are stone cold that braking is extremely poor. Once they have warmed up a little they great, but backing out of the garage and down the driveway is a little disconcerting. Also they do generate a lot more heat than the factory originals.
CraigB

Run these in our cruiser and cannot fault.Good wear, braking is good and no noise like you mention.
Maybe worth dropping the pads out to check if something like a rock is trapped in the caliper or even a wear indicator spring has become dislodged.

When I wash the car always stick the hose in and give the brakes a rough hose.
Gets the dust and dirt out and they don't squeak as much.
Using Bendix pads too, but no problems at all.

Gday Chasps
I think i might take them out again (they have been out three times already) and put them on the surface grinder.
Thanks for the reply's .
Murray