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stupid me :-/

blackthunder

blackthunder

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So are the pads on either side identical? Except for the wear bar indicator? Reason is because I didn't realize that I used 2 of the same pads (two lefts for an example) until I went to do the other side and both pads had the wear bar indicator on them /facepalm

Do I need to take it all off and swap the pads?
 


your fine, you'll just have double squealers on one side, and none on the other.

ive taken them off too. all 4 pads are the same, no inside or outside pad.
 
Just what I wanted to hear. I figured it was okay cause other cars where they are different, they are very noticeable. Since I didn't see a difference I thought it may be OK.

But man I needed brakes! Not only were the tell tale signs of the vibrating pedal and steering but one pad on each side was not even attached! The thickest pad out of all 4 might have been 3/16" thick!!

Also, with the rotor off I found a sliced wire for my wheel sensor. No more abs and trac lights on ! Bonus!
 


i sure hope you greased the slider pins real good. when one pad burns up and the other has lots of meat left thats never good.

if it was worn on a slant your hub could also be blown to crap too. id check for play in the wheel jacked up lugs tight.
 
Scottydoggs said:
i sure hope you greased the slider pins real good. when one pad burns up and the other has lots of meat left thats never good.

if it was worn on a slant your hub could also be blown to crap too. id check for play in the wheel jacked up lugs tight.
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I usually check for various things while having the car up and wheel off. Once i snug the bolts up on the tire and its still in the air i check for wheel bearing play. The uneven wear isnt that bad, I think it may have something to do with how low the other side was.
 
nope, if its worn on a angle the hub is bad or the caliper is bent, or the rotor is truly f ed up.

the pad that wore to nothing was the inside pad?
 
Scottydoggs said:
nope, if its worn on a angle the hub is bad or the caliper is bent, or the rotor is truly f ed up.

the pad that wore to nothing was the inside pad?
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yes i believe it was the inside pad that wore to nothing. I did have one heck of a pedal vibration under heavy braking...
 


Should be alright, slides get dirty and stop the pads from going back and it happens alot.

Cleaned up and new rotors and pads with hardware and it will good.
 


The Adaptive One pads I bought do have and inside and outside pad. I don't think most pads are this way though. Also, the pads rattle a lot and the backing plate is coming loose so I'm thinking about returning them.
 
Logan541 said:
really? the ones I took off on two factory cares had them outside
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Then they were both wrong. More specifically, the wear sensor should be on the inside pad, at the leading edge (bottom).

If you wear out your outside pads completely with no indicator on them, you get a hot rotor and ****ty braking but isn't likely to destroy anything. If you wear out your inside pad with no indicator to tell you that is happening, you can damage the piston much more easily, possibly causing you to dump all your fluid and lose all braking, or seize up and lose control etc.

So you want to know when your inside pad is getting low a lot sooner.
 
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