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Old Mar 8, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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i wonder if any one can help me with this situation that i am having, well i like to drive it fast now that ive installed a couple bolt-ons, and if im gonna drive fast, im gonna slam on the brakes a little harder than usual. well the problem is that the front left brake pad wears out faster than the front right. when i got my car i bought it some brake pads and put them on myself, then one morning i got up drove my car and them haulted to a stop because there was a wierd metal to metal noise, got home took off the tire and the right brake pad was completely worn out, it even messed up the disk, so i bought the disk and the brake pads and this time my dad put them on cuz he thought i did something wrong, i thought maybe he was right, but its been just a month and ive just now took off the tire and saw hat the issue is repeting itself, if one side brakes harder than the other, isnt the car supposed to wander at that particular direction??
Old Mar 8, 2006 | 06:15 PM
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I've never had that problem before. Could it possibly be an alignment issue?
Old Mar 8, 2006 | 06:17 PM
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You have a bad or sticky caliper... end of story
Old Mar 8, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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Oh man i think i wet myself!

SO yeah its your caliper. check it out
Old Mar 8, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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agreed you have a bad caliper, also never replace just one side of the brakes at a time. Always do both at the same time and do the same to both at the same time.
Old Mar 8, 2006 | 07:56 PM
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agreed you have a bad caliper, also never replace just one side of the brakes at a time. Always do both at the same time and do the same to both at the same time.
That includes the DISCS also. You can get away with doing 1 caliper. But since discs and pads wear..replace as a set only
Old Mar 9, 2006 | 03:19 PM
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Wait calipers squeeze the pads right. So my front right(pad) went out first so would that be normal or a sticking caliper. BTW the front right was almost done for when I bought the car
Old Mar 9, 2006 | 04:42 PM
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Wait calipers squeeze the pads right. So my front right(pad) went out first so would that be normal or a sticking caliper. BTW the front right was almost done for when I bought the car
If the right front is wearing the most, then the LEFT front isn't working correctly. All the burden is being put on the right front.
Old Mar 10, 2006 | 12:52 AM
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How would I check that. Could it have anything with me needing my allighnment done
Old Mar 10, 2006 | 01:53 AM
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How would I check that. Could it have anything with me needing my allighnment done
Alignment won't maike one side of the brakes wear faster than the other. It will make one side tire wear faster, but not brakes.



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