Brake pads - should rears wear out before fronts?

[SimonB]

the rear brakes only do about 30% of the breaking so you should be changing the front 3 times to every 1 of the rear !

 

i would suggest checking the rear calipers.

 

Errrr, yeah but the rear pads are half the size of the fronts...

[Jive]

Think I may have the same problem as my rears (sounds dodgy ) always wear out faster than my fronts .. sigh .. another thing to look at

[Ark]

My old Supra did that too. Mechanic didn't bat an eyelid about it so I didn't worry about it.

[Mcgoo]

Mine used to do this. 2 sets of rear for 1 front, the passenger side was always a bit worse.

It was sticky calipers but didn't realise until the nearside one completely seized.

 

Its about 20 quid for a refurb kit from mr T if I recal correctly.

[Homer]

Got the pads off the passenger side today and found the calliper almost completely locked

 

The outer pad was down to the metal, the other has over 50% left on it. The pads on the other side are only about 40% worn (Not bad for 15k miles really!!).

 

I've replaced them anyway (Thanks CW for the quick delivery ). Now need to decide what to do with the calliper.

 

Apparently I should be able to slide the calliper by hand, but its only moved after putting a G-clamp on it. I've added some copper grease to the slider, and moved them around a bit but its still extremely stiff.

 

Replace the calliper or refurb?

[Chris Wilson]

Only just seen this, but would have put £50 on the calioers or their sliders being seized... I can find good caliper brackets if you need them. Use the correct high temp moly grease on the pins, i have this, too. Are the discs OK? They won't like running on the pad backing plate!!