Timeline for Brake pad failure and chewed up rotor after 1 month
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| Oct 22, 2015 at 14:07 | history | edited | Bobbi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2015 at 16:13 | answer | added | Brian Knoblauch | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 13:52 | comment | added | Bobbi | Hi, thank you!! I'm not sure how to tell about piston. The passenger side is the first one to be completely gone and rotor chewed, in like three days of noticing a noise. Then a week at most, the driver side began a noise....was able to change pad same day noise was noticed, and found a tiny little long skinny hollow piece of metal in with the caliper about a half inch long...not sure what it was or where it came from. | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 10:20 | comment | added | HandyHowie | Are both pads in each caliper wearing down or is it just one? If it is just one, is it the side of the caliper that has a piston or is it the side of the caliper without a piston? | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 1:47 | comment | added | Bobbi | No, I'm sure he didn't know how to bed them....do you think he should reinstall them then bed them correctly? Sorry, had just read about bedding. | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 1:44 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | Check out the link in this answer ... The one for Centrix. It should help you understand what bedding is. I'm leaning on the issue being a sticking caliper, though. | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 1:40 | comment | added | Bobbi | Oh.....I don't know the correct way to drive it, or if he did it...... and don't know how to tell if caliper is sticking, and would it be normal for both calipers to began sticking at about the same time if that were it? | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 1:36 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | Bedding occurs when you first start driving the vehicle after brake replacement. If done incorrectly it can cause excessive wear. The only other thing I can think of is if the caliper is getting stuck causing excess wear on the pads. | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 1:28 | comment | added | Bobbi | Or set them in right??? I think he did, I watched him and he looked careful making sure they fit correctly together with the hardware etc.?? | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 1:27 | comment | added | Bobbi | It is a 'Grand am SE 4cyl and I'm pretty sure he bled the brakes....done correctly??? I don't know, but I will ask tomorrow he is at work now. thank you!! | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 0:50 | comment | added | Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2♦ | Did you bed the brakes properly? What is the make/model/year of the vehicle? | |
| Sep 15, 2015 at 0:40 | history | edited | Bobbi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 15, 2015 at 0:34 | history | asked | Bobbi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |