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Re: [T3] grinding rear brakes


<x-flowed> Turns out the rubbing and grinding wasn't in the rear brakes. I never was able to isolate exactly what wheel it was before digging in. It was the sneaky inner brake pad on the RF disk, the one you can't see until pulling apart. It was worn down to metal/metal contact on just outer few mm. The opposite pad still had almost 3mm of pad, and the LF both had 4mm each.
Why the uneven wear? Both pistons pushed back in for the new pads, so one isn't seized. I installed new rotors and Varga calipers about 8 years/40k miles ago. Once I found the culprit, this turned into an enjoyable trip through the brake system, cleaning, inspecting and bleeding. I felt pretty stupid still driving the car with the intermitant grinding.


Peter Parker
'66 Square; Phillip
Portland, OR

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