[A4] Strange Brakepad Wear

[aaron]

When I picked up my A4 w/ 95k on it, one of the two slider pins was fused to the caliper carrier on BOTH left and 
right sides of the car.  I had to purchase new carriers and slider pins!  

..aaron

SABIS Educational Systems Network Administrator

Carpie Diem

On Tue Sep  4  6:12 , Nick Thompson  sent:

>For what it's worth, my '01 1.8T had the same issues. In the 50k miles I owned that car, I went through 2 rear 
sets of brake pads. At the time I worked for an Audi dealer, and the tech's told me it was just they way it was. I 
even cleaned/lubed the caliper slides every time I did a pad/rotor change(first time was at 23k miles). Of course, 
I used OEM pads -- maybe a good set of aftermarket pads would last a little longer? 
>   
>  My Mustang has similar rear calipers: One piston with the ratcheting mechanism for the e-brake.  I go through 
the same problem of uneven brake pad wear.
>   
>   
>   
>  Nick
>
>Peter Kirby 4pkirby at gmail.com> wrote:
>  If you lift up on the handbrake lever and there seems to be free play
>at the beginning of the upward stroke, it's likely a sticky handbrake
>lever at the caliper. Check that the handbrake mechanism is moving
>well at the caliper that is showing the most pad wear. If it's not,
>force the lever at the caliper back and forth until the spring
>tension will pull it back on its own. BTDT. I tried different lubes
>to squirt in there but the most success has been had using graphite.
>
>Peter
>2001 1.8tq
>
>
>
>On 9/1/07, Dan DiBiase wrote:
>> So the brakes on the A4 starting making as funny noise (to quote my wife) on Wednesday last. I drove the car, 
heard a bit of a noise that sounded like worn brakes, and checked the fronts, which looked fine. At the 45k mile 
service, 4k miles ago, the brakes were reported as about 65% worn in front and the same in the rear. But the noise 
came and went.... So Friday afternoon, with it making the noise constantly, I took it to the local shop. The right 
rear brake had just about completely worn the pad and was starting to work on the metal. All of the other pads 
were fine and still had, according to the shop, about 4 - 5k miles left (I had them all changed out).
>>
>> What would cause such bizarre wear on a rear brake? We don't carry a lot of passengers, in fact, typically 
there is only one person in the car.
>>
>> Dan D
>> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>> Central NJ USA
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