 Uneven Brake Wear, Searched first, couldnt find much.. |
 Jan 4, 2009 - 6:14 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 3, '08 From Pekin,IL Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%)  |
So Today i was swapping to steelies on my 94 Celica I purchased from a fella on this forum.
Anyways, I noticed that my drivers side brake rotor looked putrid, so i looked at the pads and they are almost metal to metal. Which is lame because I replaced them not even 3 months ago... I check the other side and its perfectly normal even wear... What gives? |
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Jan 4, 2009 - 6:24 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
ouch,
master cylinder air in the passenger system and thus not braking, bad caliper on the right. in luck that the only whee braking you is the one that is messed up. have it checked. or if you DIY i would start by having somebody press the brake while you check the passenger caliper for movement. -------------------- Learned a lot in 10 years... I hardly log in anymore, last login Today Sept 6 2019, and I was forced just to clarify a post. LOL
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Jan 4, 2009 - 6:28 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 23, '08 From boston MA Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
Check your slide pins...also something that does it a bad wheel bearing would cause uneven pad wear on onside of the rotor
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Jan 4, 2009 - 6:45 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 3, '08 From Pekin,IL Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Funny you mention the wheel bearing because I have a good feeling the front wheel bearing on both sides arent good because it makes that noise of almost like a oval shaped tire or something.
It also trashed my 2 front tires even though I just got the damn thing aligned not even a month ago. |
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Jan 7, 2009 - 5:58 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
sounds like your passenger side brake caliper is frozen.
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Jan 7, 2009 - 11:53 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 14, '08 From St. Louis Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
I'd check the calipers first. pull the passenger side caliper off and see if you can collapse it with a c-clamp.
The wheel bearings could be bad, but I doubt that it would be causing the brake wear. -------------------- '99 Celica GT - Sold
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Jan 7, 2009 - 12:16 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 23, '08 From boston MA Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
QUOTE (jimmykay @ Jan 7, 2009 - 12:53 PM)  I'd check the calipers first. pull the passenger side caliper off and see if you can collapse it with a c-clamp. The wheel bearings could be bad, but I doubt that it would be causing the brake wear. You would be surprised what a bad wheel bearing would do |
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Jan 7, 2009 - 12:23 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 28, '05 From Redondo Beach, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 86 (100%) |
id agree, a wheel bearing would probably go before a caliper
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Jan 7, 2009 - 1:59 PM
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 Moderator Joined Jun 29, '08 From Denver Currently Offline Reputation: 59 (100%) |
What's up, agentzero0? Glad to hear you're getting those wheels and tires on!
My stepmom's old Exploder went through bearings like nobody's business. It always made like a roaring or growling when she was going down the highway, and because the bearings were always going bad, she constantly had to replace her tires too. I'd definitely get your bearings checked out. Also, to check and see if the caliper is frozen, jack the front end of the car up. Spin one wheel by hand, then go spin the other. If one is a LOT harder to spin, then it could very well be a frozen caliper. -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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May 20, 2010 - 3:18 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 23, '09 From Dartford Kent Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i reckon its simpler than that. if you've not had the car long and the previous owner had it down to metal on metal before, it scars the disc, its like rubbing your pads up a grinding wheels, eats them away like ****. i know from experience
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May 20, 2010 - 5:22 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 7, '07 From Portland, Oregon Currently Offline Reputation: 67 (96%) |
^ this thread is over a year old.
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