Originally Posted by
Route 66
My Spot ACME bike has Sram Level hydraulic brakes on it and I'm wondering how I will know when it's time to swap out the disc pads for new ones. I do have a set of calipers and a micrometer and can measure both the mounting plate's thickness and the pad material's thickness if that happens to be the first step.
Yep -- pull the pads out and measure them with calipers. The Level manual says "When the thickness of the backing plate and pad material is 3 mm or less, they are worn and need to be replaced with new disc brake pads."
https://www.sram.com/globalassets/do...d-shifters.pdf