strange rotor wear
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1. That is not normal rotor wear - the pad wear pattern should be symmetrical on the inside and outside of the rotor.
2. IMO, you did the right thing by replacing the pads and taking a light turn on the rotors.
3. "Pressure bleeding" is not inherently better than "foot bleeding", the former is just easier to do with one person. My friends and I foot bleed our brakes all the time and if it's good enough for racing on the track, it sure is good enough for the street .
4. Make sure that the sliding pins are properly lubricated.
Let us know if your uneven braking pattern was fixed by the service that you did. It should be obvious after a week or two.
2. IMO, you did the right thing by replacing the pads and taking a light turn on the rotors.
3. "Pressure bleeding" is not inherently better than "foot bleeding", the former is just easier to do with one person. My friends and I foot bleed our brakes all the time and if it's good enough for racing on the track, it sure is good enough for the street .
4. Make sure that the sliding pins are properly lubricated.
Let us know if your uneven braking pattern was fixed by the service that you did. It should be obvious after a week or two.
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Originally Posted by CoralDoc,Jul 11 2006, 04:04 AM
1. That is not normal rotor wear - the pad wear pattern should be symmetrical on the inside and outside of the rotor.
It looks as if there was firm pad to rotor contact on the insides of the rotors. Only thing I can think of is some clown installed the wrong pads
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Thanks for all your advice
Unfortunately, I threw away the old pads I don't know why they would have been the wrong ones, since the car shouldn't have needed new ones within the first 15k miles. But, I guess that's the problem with buying a used car...who knows what the heck some joker did to it before I got it.
I will check out the new wear pattern when I get the time to take the wheels off. Hopefully the new/right pads are doing better
Unfortunately, I threw away the old pads I don't know why they would have been the wrong ones, since the car shouldn't have needed new ones within the first 15k miles. But, I guess that's the problem with buying a used car...who knows what the heck some joker did to it before I got it.
I will check out the new wear pattern when I get the time to take the wheels off. Hopefully the new/right pads are doing better
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Originally Posted by Ek9,Jul 11 2006, 06:50 PM
People who track their cars will often bend their pads. Wonder if this could be a bent pad?
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