[s-cars] Pad wear - Porsche calipers

[Taka Mizutani]

Yes, unfortunately- I had a similar issue with my 996 caliper upgrade on my
former 200.

I can't explain why- it definitely is unusual for a fixed caliper to wear
like that. I don't think you can swap inner and outer- the pads are slightly
different.

It could be that the brackets don't center the caliper on the rotor?

Taka


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:

>
>
> I was doing my twice yearly summer/winter tire changeover
> yesterday and noticed that on my C5 A6, the inner pads on my front
> brakes are substantially more worn than the outer.
>
> IIRC, the pads are either Hawk or Pagid, the calipers are
> Boxsters, and the brackets are an unbranded steel product.
>
> Has anybody else seen this kind of uneven wear with Porsche brake
> upgrades? A buddy in the Porsche community thought that this was
> unusual for the Porsche brakes.
>
> And a related question -- should I just swap the inner/outer pads
> to even out the wear, or do I need to source/install new pads?
>
> I'll be taking a look at my A4 to see how the pads on those
> calipers (Boxster S) are wearing.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lee
>
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