Re: 99 Civic rear brakes
 

Still on the original rear shoes on my '92 Accord with 215000 miles.
Had to have the clutch replaced last week. Front rotors are original,
and never been resurfaced. Second set of front pads. bob

Greg wrote:
>
> I went to the honda dealer and bought some new shoes for the rear brakes on
> my civic. I just assumed after 82,000 miles it probably could use some new
> ones. Man was I wrong. They still had about 65% of the pads left! How many
> Miles can I expect to get off these? If they hold consistent, I should hit
> 160,000 to 170,000 easily. I guess i was used to my old t-bird. i had to
> change those rear brakes at 45,000.
>
> Anyway, I would rather hose it down with some brake cleaner, than fool with
> all those little springs any day
> Greg