Rich Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Not sure this is the best forum to post this, if its not sorry... We have had issues with uneven brake wear on my girlfriends car. I had the wheels off today to check things. On one front wheel, both pads have 10mm left. On the other wheel the inner pad has 9mm and the outer 8mm. Would this variance be considered abnormal wear? The discs and pads were changed less than 10K and about 9-10 months ago. Thanks Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32North Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Not sure this is the best forum to post this, if its not sorry... We have had issues with uneven brake wear on my girlfriends car. I had the wheels off today to check things. On one front wheel, both pads have 10mm left. On the other wheel the inner pad has 9mm and the outer 8mm. Would this variance be considered abnormal wear? The discs and pads were changed less than 10K and about 9-10 months ago. Thanks Rich [/ QUOTE ] Car: make, model, year, etc..... if its VAG and not driven a lot or serviced regular then there is a potentail issue that could account for it, but car details will help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilB Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Any pulling in a certain direction when moving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 Its a Pug Combi Partner (with the horrible 1.9 turboless diesel!). The car has had issues since she bought it new nearly 4 years ago, with one side always wearing to nothing approx once per year. The last time it occured 2 months out of warranty and Pug didn't wan't to know a thing, even though they never resolved the problem during the warranty. We did get some so called good will money back for the last repair, but this is why I am checking it now before the warranty on that repair expires. The car does occassionally pull to the left, but I don't think the brakes are causing it (the drivers side has the more wear). I suspect that it is the tyres, I have swapped them today to see if the pulls any differently. Again this only happens every now and then but road camber does not seem to be the cause. The brakes also do not appear to stick, on a slight hill the car will start to roll as soon as the brakes are removed. The previous attempts by Pug to resolve the issue included replacing the caliper, discs etc. On the last occassion just out of warranty, 1 the dealership claimed it was the master cylinder. I took it to a different Pug dealer and asked them specially to test the master cylinder. They could find no fault and claimed it was purely the caliper sticking. As I say, the warranty on that work expires soon and I want to check if the wear difference I observed today can be put down to normal variations or if its likely its the start of the problems reappearing. I'm not even sure what the size of a new pad is to work out how much the pads have worn. Thanks Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfer Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Is the car driven over "muddy" rough torain? frequently or sometimes or not at all?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Not at all! The nearest it goes to off road is the access road to the back of our house. All I really want to know is if this wear would be considered normal for general use or if I need to go back to the dealership and tell them to try yet again to fix it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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