how long do brake pads take to change
It will take approximately 15 minutes, per wheel, for an experience  mechanic to change the brake pads and the rotor. A novice mechanic,  doing the job in their driveway, wi â¦ ll take considerably longer.o question about it. Back in the days of asbestos brake pads, you could get 80,000 miles or more out of the pads (well, I did on my Rover Metro, the first car I ever had â¦ with disc brakes-disc is correct English for what Americans call rotors), whilst the discs remained in perfectly good condition.