AFTERMARKET AUSTRALIA

MERITOR MAX
®

PREMIUM BRAKE PADS

RUN WITH MAX.

TRUST THE
LEADER IN
BRAKES.
MERITOR MAX
®

PREMIUM BRAKE PADS

Meritor is the global leader in brakes for heavy duty trucks, trailers and buses. MAX pads are the newest
addition to our range and represent the next step up in performance and durability from our popular
MDP3000 series. Tested to far exceed ECE R90 performance requirements MAX Pads are designed
specifically for those aftermarket customers who choose to run with the best.

• Outstanding friction coefficient

• Reduced rotor wear
• ECE R90 approved
• Premium braking performance

Premium: M550 Friction material – for Meritor, Knorr & Wabco brakes

Applications: High demand usage – Bus, Coach, Heavy duty truck and trailer

Back Plate: Wiremesh

• New M550 Friction material for heavy duty and bus • Better pad wear performance vs other aftermarket
applications. products.

• Excellent braking performance in high temperatures
up to 500 degrees.
• More braking power.
• Consistent and reliable brake performance.
• Reduced levels of disc wear.
• In high stress situations Meritor Premium pad
performs better than other typical aftermarket friction
material.
• Lower operating costs.
• Every brake pad is hard marked “MER” Batch-code
to ensure Permanent traceability.

• ECE-R90 certified.
•  eritor Premium pads feature high quality back plate
M
and bonding technology. • Complete fitting kits.
FEATURES OF THE MAX PREMIUM BRAKE
PADS AND M550 FRICTION MATERIAL
Meritor ‘Wire Mesh’
Retention System
Full face bedding-in coating
performance from first fit

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Thick backing plate

Maximum resistance to bend and flex. Ensures
reduction in hot spotting and presents full pad face
to the disc

•  orque. Correct torque across speed, pressure and

T • Material. It’s critical to ensure the material stays firmly
temperature. fixed in place. Our ‘Wire Mesh’ retention system has
the best of hot and cold shear resistance.
•  ade. High resistance at full pressures and peak
F
temperatures. • Pad life. A long life product with features and benefits.

• Modulation. The strong fade resistance and reliable • Disc wear. Wear levels in line with the best of the best.
recovery give great confidence to the driver.
• Disc thermal fatigue. Ultimate resistance to cracking
• Recovery. Consistent recovery levels, after any fade. and hot-spotting of the disc.

• Unique Premium Pads numbers:

MAX + last 3 digits of WVA number
“K“ suffix indicates fitting kit included.

•  xclusive new Meritor 550 Friction

E
material.
Manufacturing batch / date code for traceability and
Marked as MER: using the first 3 digits of MERITOR. • ECE-R90 approved.
MAX 550 FRICTION MATERIAL
TESTING PERFORMANCE
The new Meritor M550 friction material has been tested in combination of Meritor Testing and Prototype laboratory (Cameri, Italy)
and an independent external certified testing laboratory, under exact Meritor quality and engineering standards.

To stop a vehicle you need to convert all of the energy of

motion to heat.

•  44 tonne truck driving at 90 km/hr. has kinetic energy

A
of 13.75 Million Joules.

• A sports car having the same kinetic energy would be

traveling at 440 km/hr.

• 13.75 Million Joules is enough energy to do this to a

brake system. 
The new M550 friction material was tested to extremes of:
Brakes under high demand utilization reach temperatures over 500°C
Speed Temperature Pressure Deceleration

PREMIUM WEAR AND BRAKING PERFORMANCE

• Excellent braking performance in high temperatures over
500 degrees. STOPPING POWER
• More stopping and braking power. M550 friction material has higher friction than other OE
high demand friction material, giving more braking power.
• Reduced levels of disc wear.
• Better pad wear performance vs other aftermarket Actual friction value of M550 calculates to an outstanding
products. friction coefficient of 0.37 compared to other claimed after-
market high performance and even OE friction materials.
Cumulative Pad Wear - Total
16.00
Price Point Friction Coefficient
14.00 0.38
12.00 0.37
0.36
Wear / mm

10.00
OES 0.35
8.00
MAX 0.34
6.00 0.33
OE
4.00 0.32
2.00 0.31
0.30
0.00 0.29
100 200 300 400 500 OE High Demand Meritor M550
Temperature / Degrees C

R90 PLUS TESTING

R90 PLUS Testing - Meritor MAX brake pads exceed R90 minimums.
Meritor material
Tests for Commercial Vehicle pads are: for CV pads
exceed R90
Hot Shear testing – This is same test as required by R90 at ambient temperature minimum by
almost double
but Meritor also do it on 300ºC hot pads and require the shear strength to exceed
the R90 minimum of 250N/cm2 of friction material (which it does).
Meritor also carry out a full range of performance testing primarily on
dynamometer to review a whole range of performance characteristics across a
range of pressures, speeds and temperatures that are not required by R90 testing.
These tests are performed on a regular basis for production samples to ensure R90 minimum =
250N/cm2
consistent high performance products.

Finally we carry out full scale inertia dynamometer wear testing which includes characteristic performance checks between each
wear section. This testing to International standards is used to benchmark both the pad wear and rotor wear of all Meritor grades
against Original Equipment (OE) and other aftermarket offers.
 MERITOR MAX PREMIUM BRAKE
®

PADS RANGE

MERITOR
MERITOR
STANDARD
PREMIUM PART WVA TEXTAR BENDIX BRAKE SYSTEM APPLICATION
PART
NUMBER
NUMBER

MAX030K MDP3030K 29030 2903009 CVP013 Meritor Elsa 1 / D3 RENAULT Magnum, Mercedes Benz 0404

MERCEDES Actros, DAF LF, SCANIA 4, IVECO, Mercedes

MAX087K MDP3087K 29087 2908711 CVP020 Knorr SB7 / SN7
Benz Bus

MAX088K MDP3088K 29088 2928501 CVP032 Wabco Pan 17 MAN L2000, DAF LF / FA 45, IVECO Eurocargo

MAX090K MDP3090K 29090 2909006 CVP023 Meritor D Lisa IRISBUS / RENAULT AGORA / VOLVO B / DENNIS BUS

MAN 2000 series L/M, City Bus , DAF SB, Mercedes Benz
MAX095K MDP3095K 29095 2932001 CVP036 Knorr SB6 / SN6
0510 Bus

MAX125K MDP3125K 29125 2927701 CVP037 Meritor D Duco VOLVO B / FH / FL

DAF LF45 Series, LF55 Series, Fuwa K-Hitch, SAF

MAX126K MDP3126K 29126 2931301 CVP090 Wabco Pan 19-1
SK9019W, York 2980

MAX131K MDP3131K 29131 2913103 CVP088 Meritor Elsa 2 RENAULT Magnum E, MAN TGA Series

SAF Axles B9, SI9, SI11, SKR, ZI9, ZI11 Series; York 2970
MAX162K MDP3162K 29162 2933601 CVP301 Wabco Pan 22-1
- 2/3, 2570, 2571, 2928 Axles

MAX165K MDP3165K 29165 2930601 CVP092 Knorr SN / SB6 BPW SKH Axles

MAX167K MDP3167K 29167 2930701 CVP093 Knorr SN / SB7 BPW SH Series

MAX171K MDP3171K 29171 2930801 CVP094 Knorr SK7 BPW SH Series, Schmitz Cargobull, SAF

MAX173K MDP3173K 29173 2917301 CVP304 Meritor ELSA 225-1 RENAULT Midlum, Volvo FL

RENAULT Magnum DX / VOLVO 7700, Volvo B10BLE,

MAX174K MDP3174K 29174 2917401 CVP305 Meritor ELSA 225-3
B12BL

MAX244K MDP3244K 29244 2924401 CVP501 Knorr SL7 MERCEDES Actros MP4 (Rear)

MAX246K MDP3246K 29246 2924601 CVP500 Knorr SM7 MERCEDES Actros MP4 (Front)
MERITOR MAX PREMIUM BRAKE
®

PADS TECHNICAL DATA

MAX030K =4x MAX087K =4x
Renault DAF
249.6mm Iveco 248.0mm
Mercedes
Scania
118.4mm 108.0mm
WVA
28.2mm 29042 29059 30.0mm
WVA 29087 29106
29030 29108 29109
29083 Meritor 29163 29179 Knorr
29113 Elsa 1/D3 29202 29253 SB7/SN7

MAX088K =4x MAX090K =4x

DAF Dennis
176.0mm 249.6mm
Iveco Irisbus
MAN Renault
Volvo
86.0mm 114.0mm

26.0mm 28.0mm

WVA Wabco WVA Meritor

29088 Pan 17 29090 D LISA

MAX095K =4x MAX125K =4x

DAF Volvo
211.0mm 249.5mm
MAN

92.5mm 111.0mm

30.0mm 29.0mm
WVA WVA
29095 Knorr 29125 Meritor
29197 SB6/SN6 29277 D DUCO

MAX126K =4x MAX131K =4x

SAF MAN
211.0mm 249.5mm
Renault

93.0mm 118.0mm

30.0mm 30.0mm
WVA
29126 Wabco WVA Meritor
29159 Pan 19-1 29131 ELSA 2

MAX165K =4x MAX162K =4x

BPW SAF
211.0mm 210.0mm
SMB

92.0mm 110.0mm

30.0mm 31.0mm
WVA
29165 Knorr WVA Wabco
29306 SB6/SN6 29162 Pan 22-1
MERITOR MAX PREMIUM BRAKE
®

PADS TECHNICAL DATA

MAX171K =4x MAX167K =4x
BPW BPW
211.0mm 248.0mm
SAF
Schmitz
108.0mm 109.5mm

WVA 30.0mm 30.0mm

29158 WVA
29171 Knorr 29167 Knorr
29308 SK7 29307 SB7/SN7

MAX174K =4x MAX173K =4x

Renault 250.0mm Renault
210.0mm
Volvo

107.0mm 102.0mm

WVA 29.0mm 29.0mm

29174 WVA
29218 Meritor 29173 Meritor
29273 ELSA 225-3 29203 ELSA 225-1

MAX246K =4x MAX244K =4x

Mercedes Mercedes
245.0mm 207.0mm

113.5mm 113.7mm

29.5mm 29.3mm

WVA Knorr WVA Knorr

29246 SM7 29244 SL7

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