Today, the transportation industry is booming. Trucks are one of the main tools for transporting goods. The health of their braking systems is crucial to driving safety. Brake pads are one of the core components of the truck braking system, and their service life directly affects the driving safety and operating costs of the truck. Therefore, how to extend the service life of truck brake pads has become an issue that every truck driver and truck manager should pay attention to.
The following will elaborate on the 8 aspects:
The driver’s driving behavior directly affects the wear of the brake pads. Irregular driving habits such as sudden braking, sudden acceleration, and frequent lane changes will cause additional wear and tear on the brake pads and shorten their service life. Therefore, cultivating good driving habits of drivers, avoiding sudden braking and maintaining smooth driving is one of the important measures to extend the life of brake pads.
Regular inspection and maintenance of your truck’s brake system is key to ensuring the brake pads are working properly. Regularly checking the wear of brake pads and replacing severely worn brake pads in time can effectively avoid brake failure or poor braking effect caused by uneven brake pad wear.
Choosing good quality brake pads is crucial to extending their service life. Many people choose low-quality brake pads because of their low price, which often poses hidden dangers to the driving safety of trucks. High-quality brake pads usually have higher wear resistance and better braking effect, which can reduce the wear rate of brake pads to a certain extent. When combined with good driving habits of truck drivers, they can greatly reduce brake pad damage and replacement. frequency, therefore, applying high-quality brake pads will not only not increase costs, but will also have a great potential to save operating costs.
When the cargo or the number of passengers exceeds the total carrying capacity of the truck, the load on the truck’s braking system will increase. When the truck driver performs braking operations, the wear of the brake pads will inevitably increase. If the overloaded weight exceeds the truck’s endurance limit, a tragedy may even occur. Therefore, strictly controlling cargo loading and avoiding overloading is one of the important measures to protect and extend the service life of brake pads.
Continuous braking for a long time, which we often refer to as keeping the brakes on, will cause the temperature of the brake pads and brake discs to rise, accelerating the wear of the brake pads. Therefore, when driving, avoid long-term continuous braking. When braking is required, apply the brakes in advance and use spot braking to reduce the wear of the brake pads caused by high temperatures.
Regular cleaning of the brake system, especially the brake pads and brake discs, can remove dust and impurities, prevent the high-speed rotating brake pads from being damaged by friction with large particles, keep the brake system in clean and good working condition, and help extend the service life of the brake pads.
Regularly check the moisture and contamination level of the brake fluid. If the brake fluid is found to be substandard, the brake fluid needs to be replaced in time to ensure the normal operation of the brake system and avoid wear of the brake pads due to insufficient brake fluid or contamination.
Tire wear also affects the service life of brake pads, which is often overlooked. Regularly checking the wear of your tires to keep them in proper working order can also help reduce additional wear on your brake pads caused by tire problems.
In short, the service life of truck brake pads is closely related to driving behavior, brake system maintenance, brake pad quality and other factors. By cultivating good driving habits, regularly inspecting and maintaining the brake system, and selecting high-quality brake pads, the service life of the brake pads can be effectively extended and the driving safety and economy of the truck can be improved.
