brake wear
 

after growing tired of hearing my brakes squeal, i decided to replace the pads last night. after removing the old ones, i noticed that both pads for each side were wearing uneven. i was just curious as to what would cause this. they were the original pads from honda. also, i had noticed a sort of grinding sound coming from the right front whenever i would turn slightly and brake at the same time...dunno if that could have anything to do with it. any input is appreciated!

RE: brake wear
 

Could be a wheel bearing? A shop told me that was the reason my rotors were wearing unevenly . . . it's a possibility.

How many miles are on your car?

RE: brake wear
 

If the wheel bearings are bad, whenever you go over 30MPH you will hear an abnormal noise from the wheel. I don't get how a bad wheel bearing could cause uneven pad wear, some1 wanna explain that?

RE: brake wear
 

now that I think about it . . . I don't know.



Did you regrease the caliper pins? They should both be sliding smoothly. If not, that could cause the pads to wear unevenly

RE: brake wear
 

didn't regrease the pins...

my car just turned over 61k. both sides wore the same way: the inside pad wore at a slant and the outside pad wore at the opposite slant....if that makes any sense. i figure i'll give the new pads a little bit of wear and then remove them to see if they are uneven too.