Brake pads never wear evenly
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Originally Posted by
davidricardo86
You guys are right. I may have used the wrong grease! It said "brake" on the label so i assumed i was good to go but this is likely why my last set of slide pin seals were swollen. My grease doesn't say silicone anywhere on the product, none that I could find.
But if that's the case, why did my right brake pads wear unevenly and the left pads wore fine?
Anyways, I ordered some new pin seals and I'm buying some exact "silicone grease" so I don't swell/damage them again. Let that be a lesson. It is a PITA when things don't work out right the first or second time but at least I've gotten really good at working on my front brakes. :p The hardest part really is jacking up the car and removing the lug nuts like Sipperofgas said. Haha
It's starting to get chilly these days, I don't want to be messing around with my brakes come winter.
It may be due to difference in brake line length. Hydraulic pressure in the lines isn't really equal. There is some loss due to length differences and the like (when I was racing back in the day we used to match the brake line lengths to eliminate as much braking difference between wheels)as well as things like braking while turning. If you only brake while going straight theoretically your brakes should wear evenly but that never happens. Most people make more right turns than left (here in the states) turning into parking lots, driveways etc. so the wheels turning at different speeds = different friction heat so one side will wear faster. add into it the fact that the brake pad is not rigidly fixed to caliper piston and you can add in rubbing from centrifugal force and a host of other uneven outside factors. If you ever come up with a way to keep the wear even I'd love to hear how. For now all I can do keep checking and change them in sets when one gets bad