The Unofficial "Ask a Stupid Question" Thread

[Grog6]

These days I'm buying powerstop carbon-ceramic. They don't require as much heat to work effectively as pure ceramic..

 

[NEURO]

For brake pads, do I want ceramic or semi-metallic pads?

This one is always hard to me for some reason, and IDK why...

I rebuilt the entire brake system on my '97 Thunderbird Sport about two years ago, just because of age. Everything was still factory original, including the pads, but the car had only 70K miles on her. I don't know what the factory pads were on an almost 30-year old Sport, but I think they were some kind of organic pads way back then. If not, someone correct me.

I replaced all four rotors with new Motorcraft ones and installed high-quality ACDelco Gold/Professional Semi-Metallic pads from RockAuto, since Motorcraft no longer makes her pads.

Two years later, no brake performance issues or brake dust besides a very small amount.

 

[MadMikeyL]

I've read this at least ten times slowly to myself and I cannot figure out what it means.

I believe he meant “as well as picks to separate the hoses from the nipples”, as in get a pick between the hoses and the metal barb to make it easier to get the hoses off after you have removed the clamp.