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How do you know if your brakes need replacing?
Wiki User
September 17, 2005 1:43PM
When you are driving slowly with your foot off the brakes you
will hear a scraping noise. The noise will go away when you apply
the brakes. What you are hearing is the wear indicators making
contact with the rotor surface after the pad lining have worn down
to a certain level. Not all brakes uses wear indicators. VBD
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