Is it normal or is there something wrong with my car?

I had my brakes changed both front and rear, upon replacement of the fronts, the front passenger side pads were worn way more the the front drivers side pads.




[Modified by IntegraGSR23, 11:55 AM 1/9/2003]

 

maybe the caliper or pads are stuck and dragging... when you changed the brakes did you make sure the pin bolts and everything was lubed up w/ high temp brake grease and that the caliper slides freely? this happened on my friends car where the caliper was not able to slide freely so one side wore quicker than the other...

 

Yup, lubed everything up, hopefully that will cure it. Will monitor situation as best as possible

 

I had a similar situation. When I finally got to look at my car it turned out that both calipers had seized up; likewise, one side was only getting pad to disc contact on the outside and the other side was only getting pad contact on the inside. I did not experience brake fade whatsoever. You might want to check for rust on the caliper either on the inside or outside.



[Modified by Mikey, 2:17 PM 1/9/2003]

 

Will check that out this weekend

What did you do to remedy your situation? Just lube everything and clean the rust off?

 

I had 150,000 miles on the calipers so instead of buying a rebuild kit I just bought some new, OEM calipers.


[Modified by Mikey, 2:31 PM 1/9/2003]

 

I only have 75k. I guess I will wait till next time around to see if it does it again, cause I put new rotors in too.

Would a worn rotor cause excessive wear on one side only? I know they were pretty worn

 

But why would one rotor be more worn than the other?

 

No idea.

I purchased the car back in Feb 01 and this is the first brake job that it has had while in my hands.

 

i have a similar problem, my right side inner pad was worn almost completely away whereas the outer right pad had about 60% meat left on it. the right outer pad looked like new and the inner one was fairly similar. I'm changing them again this weekend, and will make sure that the pins/bolts are cleaned and well greased up before putting the new ones in