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Ajuste das plantilhas no automóvel

14:50 May 19, 2015
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Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / Ajuste das plantilhas no automóvel
Portuguese term or phrase: Ajuste das plantilhas no automóvel
Verificar posições de troca de plantilhas. Verificar se o cilindro se encontra alinhado com o encaixe da plantilha.
Nicoleta G
Local time: 10:08


Summary of answers provided
4 +3Adjusting the car's brake pads
Gilmar Fernandes


  

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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Adjusting the car's brake pads


Explanation:
For sure this is a misspelling of PASTILHAS. I've never seen "plantilha"....it doesn't come up in any search.

Pastilhas, make sense in your context: "trocar pastilhas" , verficar cilindro, encaixe da pastilha, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_pad

http://www.howacarworks.com/brakes/adjusting-the-brakes

http://pt.wikihow.com/Trocar-as-Pastilhas-de-Freio-do-Carro

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 03:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
Notes to answerer
Asker: Plantilhas está o termo correcto. não pastilhas De qualquer maneira obrigada pela resposta e seu tempo


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor: Fine, except Brake Pads are not adjustable ;-)
53 mins
  -> Thanks Nick.....yes in EN we just say adjusting the brakes, whereas in PT, I think they like to get fancy...
agree  Paulinho Fonseca: Logo vi, Gilmar: 'For sure this is a misspelling of PASTILHAS'
1 hr
  -> Thanks Mr. Fonseca :)
agree  Airton J Souza
1 day 1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Airton :)
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