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Old Jan 31, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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Rear Brake Wear ?
I just went thur my service invoice records. I have replaced my front brake pads every year around the same time ( March / April ). I am hard on the car, so I must be brakeing a lot. and the last time I replaced the front rotors as well. My question is, I never had the rear brake pads replaced. It's a 2003. No issues, but I should probably have checked out. Any suggestions why the rear breaks last 5 times longer than the fronts.
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Originally Posted by evanswan
I just went thur my service invoice records. I have replaced my front brake pads every year around the same time ( March / April ). I am hard on the car, so I must be brakeing a lot. and the last time I replaced the front rotors as well. My question is, I never had the rear brake pads replaced. It's a 2003. No issues, but I should probably have checked out. Any suggestions why the rear breaks last 5 times longer than the fronts.
the front brakes do most of the braking...
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 02:03 AM
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Notice your car dips in the front at least a tad bit considering you said you are hard on your car...
All the weight of the car is shifted to the front
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Front brake pad wear.
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 08:30 AM
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Front brakes provide 70 to 80% of the total braking force, depending on car type and other variables.
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yep- most of the work is done by the front. i've got over 140k on my daily driver (not the benz)- and it's still on the factory rear brakes.
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