Egan Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 My wife complained of a grinding noise from her rear brakes last night. I had driven the car only a few nights before and did not notice anything out of the ordinary. When I looked at her left rear rotor last night, there was obvious grooving at the edge. It seemed odd considering I had replaced the brake pads at all four corners less than 15,000 miles ago. I pulled the rear wheels off and immediately noticed the outside pad on the left was completely gone and she was grinding metal on metal. I pulled both calipers off and was confused by what had happened. The outside pad on the left side was indeed completely gone, however the inside pad was at what looked like 100%. The right side had normal wear for 15K on both the inside and outside pad. What would cause this condition? It's probably been going on since I changed the pads 15K ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q2slinger Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Probably the caliper. The caliper is supposed to float on two metal pins. Sounds like it stopped floating and the outside pad was always being dragged on the rotor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaks2 Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Did you re-lube the slider pins with high-temp grease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egan Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 Did you re-lube the slider pins with high-temp grease? No. But I will when I swap out the pads this weekend. Thanks for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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