How to replace brake pads. Experts say itâs hard to determine how often brake pads should be replaced, because they can wear out faster or slower based on how you drive the car, the weight of the vehicle, road conditions and driving frequency, Gregory says. He recommends having them checked at every oil change.
buttress (plural buttresses) ( 1 architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it. 2  Anything that serves to support something; a prop. ( 3 botany) A buttress-root. ( 4 climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock; a crag, a bluff.
2 : something that resembles a buttress: such asa : a projecting part of a mountain or hillb biology : a horny protuberance on a horse's hoof at the heel â see hoof illustrationc botany : the broadened base of a tree trunk or a thickened vertical part of it. 3 : something that supports or strengthens a buttress of the cause of peace.