Pads worn out with less than 3,000 miles?
07-03-2013, 04:06 PM
#11
Street Queen in the Mud
Thread Starter
I'm going to take wild unsubstantiated guess and say he bought them from Advance Auto, lol. I worked there for a little while in college and they are the worst brakes I've ever seen for heavy breakers.
OP, check your rear brakes to see if there is a normal amount of wear. If they're not working hard enough, it can put added stress on your front breaks. Also, your shock can have "a little" impact as well if they're worn out.
OP, check your rear brakes to see if there is a normal amount of wear. If they're not working hard enough, it can put added stress on your front breaks. Also, your shock can have "a little" impact as well if they're worn out.
I wouldn't say I brake heavily, but I live in the hills and commute over 2,000 vertical feet each day, so they get long drawn out brakes, I try to compression brake as much as possible, but you can only do so much.
I haven't looked at the rears, I know I have a bad shock up front, thats on the to fix list still, but I doubt it would cause this much wear so fast.
07-03-2013, 04:09 PM
#12
I missed that in the orriginal post. Advance pads are crap.
07-03-2013, 04:13 PM
#15
Street Queen in the Mud
Thread Starter
07-03-2013, 04:22 PM
#16
07-03-2013, 07:39 PM
#17
Senior Member
07-03-2013, 07:49 PM
#18
Senior Member
To try and better help the OP, knowing that you travel a lot of hills I would try a set of ceramics and see if it's a little better. Your pads are going to wear a little faster because of the driving conditions but they shouldn't be shot within 3000 miles.
07-03-2013, 08:34 PM
#19
Senior Member
How long has it been since you flushed and bled your brake system? Pads and rotors are only part of the system and a lot of people forget about the rest.
07-03-2013, 08:41 PM
#20
Good for you. Brakes are by far the highest premature wear returned item we had ever seen. Corporate was trying to figure out what to do with the absurd return levels due to premature wear but was shot down in every way due to insane contracts. Two DM's in our market were fired over the P&L mostly impacted by their brakes. The only recourse was to send down scathing emails to us managers to find ways to limit and deny returns.