Checking Front Brake Discs - Minimum Thickness
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2018 Porsche Macan and 2017 Porsche Macan. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
NOTE:
Normally, brake discs are used until the maximum wear dimension is reached. Only in a few exceptional cases is it advisable to skim the brake discs (if there is deep scoring or corrosion of the friction surface). In this case only the disc brake dressing machines approved by Porsche AG are to be used (see Workshop Equipment Manual, Chapter 3.4).
- Only "as new" brake discs may be reworked!
- Only rework the brake discs symmetrically, evenly from both sides!
- As the pressure force of a brake piston on the brake pad varies in magnitude, different areas of wear arise on the friction surface. The brake disc can basically be divided into two areas of wear:
- -A - Outer and inner wear area.
- -B - Central wear area.
Wear areas A and B
- The central wear area -B
- is the area with the highest degree of wear.
Wear area B