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Thomas Hanno
Hey,
I just changed the front brake pads on my '97 Legacy Outback 2.5L with
146,000+ miles. I bought the car a year and a half ago and the brakes
have been squealing for about a year. I heard metal on metal grinding
the other day and decided to stop driving until I bought pads from the
dealer and replaced them. I got the new ones on and the squeak is
gone.
Here are two pictures of the pads I removed, the front left pads are
on the left and the front right pads are on the right. The furthest
pad on the right is the outside pad of the passenger side.
www.rpi.edu/~hannot/side.jpg
www.rpi.edu/~hannot/above.jpg
Should I worry about this uneven wear? My rotors seem fine, though
there are some minor grooves from the pad being almost completely worn
down. I used a drill and sandpaper attachment to grind them down as
much as I could. I suppose it's possible that someone replaced just
the driver's side pads before I got the vehicle, but after a year it
doesn't seem like the replaced pads would look that thick. Although,
writing that last sentence reminds me that the guy I bought the
vehicle from said he had replaced all the pads right before he sold it
to me...
On that same passenger tire, I noticed that one of the gaskets from
the piston (I think. The pistons are the cylinders you depress to
rotate the assembly back together...right?) looked like it had slipped
out a little. I would have grabbed a picture, but my hands were
filthy. It wasn't seated completely like any of the other ones,
anyway. Is this part of the problem?
When driving today, it sounded like the rear brake might have been
part of the squealing. I may pop the back tires off tomorrow to see if
the rear pads are in terrible shape as well.
Thanks for any tips.
I just changed the front brake pads on my '97 Legacy Outback 2.5L with
146,000+ miles. I bought the car a year and a half ago and the brakes
have been squealing for about a year. I heard metal on metal grinding
the other day and decided to stop driving until I bought pads from the
dealer and replaced them. I got the new ones on and the squeak is
gone.
Here are two pictures of the pads I removed, the front left pads are
on the left and the front right pads are on the right. The furthest
pad on the right is the outside pad of the passenger side.
www.rpi.edu/~hannot/side.jpg
www.rpi.edu/~hannot/above.jpg
Should I worry about this uneven wear? My rotors seem fine, though
there are some minor grooves from the pad being almost completely worn
down. I used a drill and sandpaper attachment to grind them down as
much as I could. I suppose it's possible that someone replaced just
the driver's side pads before I got the vehicle, but after a year it
doesn't seem like the replaced pads would look that thick. Although,
writing that last sentence reminds me that the guy I bought the
vehicle from said he had replaced all the pads right before he sold it
to me...
On that same passenger tire, I noticed that one of the gaskets from
the piston (I think. The pistons are the cylinders you depress to
rotate the assembly back together...right?) looked like it had slipped
out a little. I would have grabbed a picture, but my hands were
filthy. It wasn't seated completely like any of the other ones,
anyway. Is this part of the problem?
When driving today, it sounded like the rear brake might have been
part of the squealing. I may pop the back tires off tomorrow to see if
the rear pads are in terrible shape as well.
Thanks for any tips.