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Abstract

Methods and systems are for monitoring wear state of a disc brake for braking a rotor after a period of use, the disc brake having a caliper configured to clamp opposing inner and outer brake pads onto inner and outer rotor halves. The methods may include determining a new combined thickness of the rotor, the inner brake pad, and the outer brake pad after said period of use, determining an amount of movement of the caliper that occurred relative to a carrier for the inner and outer brake pads, and determining via a controller a wear amount of the inner brake pad and the inner rotor half and a wear amount of the outer brake pad and the outer rotor half based upon said new combined thickness of the rotor, the inner brake pad, and the outer brake pad and said amount of movement of the caliper.

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