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Rear bRAKES 700 1989

posted by  Rtilghman on  Tue Jul 2 06:34 CST 2002
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I agree with John, pads do matter more than you might think (and both brands he mentions are good). I actually have teh dan-block pads on right now and am very happy.

However, I recently experienced sharp pulling on brake and took my car to my indy guy for a lookover. Turns out that the indy volvo shop I went to previously (like a year and a half ago) TOTALLY fucked up my brakes, and it was all because they used cheapo pads.

Pads are designed to wear. Some pads are hard (metalmasters), some pads are soft. What the idiots did to my car was put in cheap hard pads that don't wear down. If you do this (I have now learned) the pad will fail to move and the caliper pin will freeze (since the pads are never moving). Over time the pad will just begin to stick into position, and may get pushed onto the rotor at angles or unevenly. If and when this happens the rotor will become get warped by the uneven application.

-rt






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