Need brake help!
Need brake help!
Ok, so on my 2010 STX I had a grinding sensation on my passenger side front wheel. So I did a complete brake job. New pads, new rotors. Did both wheels, and everything went smoothly. A day later, I notice a strip on my drivers side rotor, where the pad isn't making full contact. Gotta be a bad pad right!? So I get the whole set up warrantied thru the local parts store. 2nd time, as smooth as the 1st...as I'm getting really good at brakes now. Pad is still not making full contact. Now I'm pissed. Can't be the pads, because I took it all apart again and swapped the inner to the outter pad...still no contact. Got new slides, and a caliper. Put it all in. Same...only difference now, is I can actually feel the brakes gripping.
So I guess my question is, does anyone know what could be causeing this? The passenger wheel(the original problem wheel) is working fine. And the inner pad on the driver side is fine as well, its just the outter pad.
Before anyone says anything about warranty....ford considers brakes a wear item after 1 year.
Some pics
Rotor...you can see only 1/2 the pad touches
And here is the newer old pad, that got warrantied
So I guess my question is, does anyone know what could be causeing this? The passenger wheel(the original problem wheel) is working fine. And the inner pad on the driver side is fine as well, its just the outter pad.
Before anyone says anything about warranty....ford considers brakes a wear item after 1 year.
Some pics
Rotor...you can see only 1/2 the pad touches
And here is the newer old pad, that got warrantied
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Look at the pads they are different one pad had two tabs and the other one don't have the tabs. Thos tabs have to be put one the inside were the pistons are at. Mine did the same thing I had to tear them back apart as that was the problem if the pads are put on wrong that one strip were its hitting will show.
Look at the pads they are different one pad had two tabs and the other one don't have the tabs. Thos tabs have to be put one the inside were the pistons are at. Mine did the same thing I had to tear them back apart as that was the problem if the pads are put on wrong that one strip were its hitting will show.
Hmmm... i dont know. I have switched the pads as you say. I started out with them one way, then i swapped them today when i took it all apart. The side where the pistons are(inside) contacts fine. So i swapped them anyway just to even out the pads. So i have tryed this. Again, thank you for replying...im at wits end. I've had these brakes apart about 7 times now