[s-cars] '94 S4 rear brake pad life?

[Bob DG]

Rear pads should last a very long time. I bought a '95 in '01 with 43k
miles, pads were original and still had a good deal of life left. Caliper
problem i'd say...






>From: CyberPoet <thecyberpoet at cyberpoet.net>
>To: alan at flaminglogos.com
>CC: s-car-list at audifans.com
>Subject: RE: [s-cars] '94 S4 rear brake pad life?
>Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 18:18:30 -0400
>
>Either you (or your other half) drove with the parking/emergency brake
>not fully released (could be due to a defective cable and not due to
>human error), or the caliper isn't retracting as it should due to
>either (A) a pressure issue in the lines (rarer), or (B) build-up
>around the caliper lip of brake dust/dirt/etc (more common). Need to
>take out the caliper and clean it, reseat it to check for proper
>operation -- and eyeball that brake cable.
>
>Cheers
>=-= Marc Glasgow
>www.cyberpoet.net
>
>ALAN WROTE:
>
>I changed the rear pads about 12 months ago (20K miles) and the right
>one is scraping and will soon be damaging the rotor.
>
>Any ideas on how I could go through a set of factory pads on the rear
>in 20K miles? I usually go through two sets of front pads before the
>rears need changing.
>
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