GaPrix Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Driverside rear pads were really worn out, compared to the rest of the pads all near 90% life. The inner pad was gone grinding on the rotor, the outer wasnt even squealing yet. What would cause that? The piston wasnt seized, however the parking brake line was missing the spring that the passenger side has, I think it was the parking brake line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Most likely, the sliders need greased up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaPrix Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Lets hope, I greased them when I installed the new caliper/pads and again today. Its been about a year and half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 vert Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Park brake adjusted ok? Not stuck "slightly on" by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaPrix Posted April 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 I'll read into that and take a look, i've never adjusted it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 vert Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 I've had where the cable is "stuck" and holding the park brake on just enough to cause more wear on rear pads. When you have the wheel off, you can take a small prybar and pry against the cable lever to see if it moves at all (towards the cable side). If it does, then it was "on". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbex Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 On my Lumina the part that secures the pad to the caliper is broke, so the drivers side pad rubs onto the rotor.... It's wearing it down faster, and causing more brake dust, but I want new pads and rotors anyways.... It's like a little tab that's broke...not sure if that could be your problem or not though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaPrix Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Thanks. I checked the parking cable, I did the adjustment like the manual said, I'm assuming Crazy you mean those metal inserts/clips/tabs that seats them in, seemed to be normal. And I re-greased everything. Fresh rotors and pads, I didn't hear anything abnormal and braking was completely smooth for the very first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbex Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Yeah, that was what I was talking about. I've never broke one before, I'm thinking I broke it when the car did a little...jump... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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