Brake Balance

[Taka Mizutani]

Dan-
IMO, nothing to worry about- Bosch ABS 5.1 and later implementations in
Audis
tend to bias heavily in the rear on initial braking in order to combat brake
dive.

Replacing rear brake pads on both our old A4 (B5 generation) as well as the
Beetle
occurred far earlier than the front pads, I think around 35k for both cars.

I've done the front pads on the Beetle at around 70k.

Taka


On 1/10/07, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> In the past, I have questioned the 'balance' of the brakes on my car ('04
> A4 1.8T) - the rear wheels consistently display a larger amount of brake
> dust than do the fronts. I understand that the front brakes do most of the
> braking, normally, in a car. I think I have some proof now that something is
> unusual with my car, if not amiss.
>
> As part of the oil change service by my local (trusted) shop, they provide
> a printout with a bunch of other data - tire tread depth, pressures and
> 'brake life remaining', which I assume is a simple measurement of the pads.
> My reports states that the front brakes have about 65% life remaining, while
> the rears have 45%. Now, I'm assuming that the pads begin at the same
> thickness (i.e., rears are not thinner for any reason).
>
> So, what would explain this? I have not noticed any lack of braking power
> from the car. 90% of the driving done in this car is with only the driver
> aboard. I have just over 40k on the car and these are the original pads. Is
> this normal for a quattro?
>
> Thx,
>
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
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