Nissan Patrol Y62
brakes and pads, Dubai
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Quick answer: Pads measured, discs measured, and the decision made on the numbers rather than on how they look. A disc still within thickness gets skimmed, a disc with a lip and scoring gets replaced, and you see the old parts next to the new ones. The Y62 is a heavy car and in Dubai traffic the brakes do more work than the odometer suggests, which is why we measure rather than assume from mileage. Tell us the mileage and what the pedal is doing.
What the job involves
A brake job here starts with a measurement rather than a look. Pad thickness and disc thickness both get checked against the figures, because a disc that looks marked can still be within tolerance and a disc that looks acceptable can already be under it. Judging either by eye is how people end up replacing parts that had life left in them, or keeping parts that did not.
The Y62 is a heavy vehicle, and in this city it spends its time in stop-start traffic rather than on open road. Brakes here do more work per kilometre than the same car would on a motorway commute, so mileage on its own is a poor guide to what is left. That is the whole argument for measuring.
Where the disc is still within thickness and the wear is even, skimming is the right answer and we will say so. Where there is a lip at the outer edge, scoring you can catch a fingernail on, or the disc is at or near its minimum, it gets replaced. We fit genuine Nissan pads and we show you the old set beside the new one.
The disc comes off either way, so the hub and the wheel bearing are visible at that point and get looked at while everything is apart. Brake fluid condition is checked at the same time. Fluid absorbs moisture and that changes how the pedal feels long before anything else warns you, which is why it sits on the periodic service schedule rather than waiting for a brake job to force the issue.
What we check first
What gets measured and looked at on a brake job:
- Pad thickness front and rear, against the figures rather than by eye
- Disc thickness, and whether it is still above the minimum stamped on the disc
- The outer edge of each disc for a lip, and the face for scoring and uneven wear
- Any pulsing you have reported through the pedal or through the steering
- Hub and wheel bearing condition, since the disc is already off at that point
- Brake fluid condition, because moisture changes the pedal feel late and quietly
Booking it in
Tell us the mileage and what the pedal is doing. Whether it pulses, whether it has gone long, and whether you are hearing anything under braking. That usually tells us before you arrive whether this is pads, discs or both.
Tell us what the pedal is doing
Frequently asked questions
How do I know whether my discs need replacing or just skimming?
By measuring them. A disc carries a minimum thickness stamped on it, and if skimming would take it below that figure it has to be replaced. If it is comfortably above and the wear is even, skimming is the right answer. We measure before deciding rather than after, and we tell you which one it is.
My brakes pulse when I slow down. Is that warped discs?
Usually, although the word warped covers several different causes. It can be uneven pad deposits on the disc face, genuine runout, or a hub that is not sitting flat. Those are not the same job, so we check which one it is rather than fitting discs and hoping the pulsing goes with them.
Do Y62 brakes wear faster in Dubai?
In stop-start traffic they do more work per kilometre than the same car on an open road commute, so wear tends to run ahead of what the odometer suggests. We do not have a figure to give you for that, because it depends entirely on how and where the car is driven. That is exactly why we measure rather than work from mileage.
Back to what we do to a Y62, or read more about Nissan Patrol Y62 specialists in Ras Al Khor.