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Old 02-22-2017, 04:26 AM
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So a while back I had to replace my rear pads and oni noticed uneven wear on the driver side pads (apparently the rotor was sticking and I also couldn't get the lower bolt out of the caliper ) but on the test drive this happened
So I have now replaced the calipers (and hardware) and rotors and no more problems
Old 02-22-2017, 07:15 AM
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be happy that you found it before your new brakes versus after...
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Originally Posted by bealljk
be happy that you found it before your new brakes versus after...
I had actually swapped the pads and went for a test drive then this happened
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Def never happened on a single car I've owned or worked on in the last 20 years lol

My question is what kind of pads and brakes do you have? Those things can sure stop on a dime haha
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OP's new calipers probably:





No but seriously that's new!
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Originally Posted by CK_32
Def never happened on a single car I've owned or worked on in the last 20 years lol

My question is what kind of pads and brakes do you have? Those things can sure stop on a dime haha
just the cheap ones from advance and as far as I can tell just the factory calipers that came on the base model
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OP's new calipers probably:





No but seriously that's new!
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Originally Posted by CK_32
Def never happened on a single car I've owned or worked on in the last 20 years lol

My question is what kind of pads and brakes do you have? Those things can sure stop on a dime haha
HAHA - that's good!
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Originally Posted by jcrow
So a while back I had to replace my rear pads and oni noticed uneven wear on the driver side pads (apparently the rotor was sticking and I also couldn't get the lower bolt out of the caliper ) but on the test drive this happened
So I have now replaced the calipers (and hardware) and rotors and no more problems
In my shop days both back in the day and just a few years ago as a hobby/retired old guy time killer, I've seen something similar a few times. Can't confirm but my techs have told me that that can happen from air gun overtorqued wheels.

Or just faulty rotors.




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