I did a search but couldn't find any info on this.

I have an 01 CL-S with 68k miles. Rear brakes never been replaced and I forgot to ask Acura to look at them last week when I had an oil change done.

The fronts were replaced earlier this year or last fall (can't remember).

Anyways my brake readings were:

FR - 8mms
FL - 8mms
RR - 4mms
RL - 4mms

My question is: at what point in the above measurement should I get the rears replaced?

Also, I'm feeling a little shaking during high speed (65+) braking. It's not across the band either .. just specific areas of speed. Possibly rear rotor warpage? My fronts were fine when I had them done last year or so..

THANKS!

 

the shaking is more than likely due to you not breaking in your front rotors in properly, they're warped.

I'm not real sure on when you should get the rears replaced, but the rear brakes account for a very small overall percentage of your braking power...

 

Replace em anyway....they're cheap and its easy to do on your own.

 

I assume you mean the pads are easy to do on your own but don't I need to resurface the rotors with every brake pad change?

 

If the rotors are in good shape, just clean them with some brake cleaner and scotch brite.

 

Service limit is 1.6MM for both front and rear according to the helms manual... even tho' the fronts are a little thicker then the rears when new...

 

You can do that. When I replaced my rear pads because they were really worn i realized how totally fucked my rear rotors were. I didn't have time for resurfacing or waiting for new rotors from the internet so i put everything back together with new pads and called it a day...

After a little bit the pads wore in and assumed the fucked up conformation of the rotors and work just fine now.