[Vwdiesel] Brake Pads

[Nate Wall]

<<<I have had several brake pads shed their friction
block because I left it parked for a month nd drove
another one. Moisture gets between the friction pad
and the backing plate , rust starts, and pries the pad
right off, then the pedal goes to the floor, and you
find the friction pad lying in the driveway.>>>

This happened to me a couple years ago. I had a cheap
set of Wagner pads on the Jetta and about 150,000
miles were on them w/ about half the pad left (I'm
real easy on brakes). On leaving my driveway, the
pedal went most of the way to the floor, but reset
itself on a pump of the pedal. Thought nothing of it.
Later that day I noticed a nasty rotor to metal
scraping on brake all applications. I was perplexed,
thinking a metal scap on the road had wedged between
the pad and rotor. I knew about half the pad was left.
At home I pulled the wheel and noticed the rotor was
trashed and the pad was sitting in the strut assembly
where the bottom of the spring seats. The pad backing
was still in the caliper. Stuff like that can cause
accidents! Rust formed behind the pad and it popped
off the backing. It was about 8 years old.

--Nate


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