Disk brake pads wear state monitoring process, wear indicator and disk brake.

摘要

1. A method of monitoring wear of the friction member (24) of the external brake pad (8) of a disk brake having a caliper assembly (1) sliding with respect to a stationary brake support (2) by means of a detector (11) comprising a mounting body (13) and a sensor probe assembly (18, 21) displaceable with respect to each other, and comprising the step of detecting the relative displacement between the sensor probe assembly (18, 21) and the mounting body (13), characterized in that it comprises the steps of mounting the mounting body (13) in the caliper assembly (1) and resiliently biassing the sensor probe assembly (18, 21) towards the exterior of the mounting body (13) such that it permanently engages a reference surface (12) of the stationary support (2).