Re: Rear brake problem on 93 90Q

[Chris Newbold <newbold@telerama.com>]

Gabor Jacques wrote:

> force. I have noticed that the pads are only gripping on the outside
> half of the rotors, the inside half are beginning to show signs of rust
> appearing and are not bright and clean like the outside. The handbrake
> does not hold the car on a hill very well either.
> Can anyone advise as to what the problem here is?  Could this be a sign
> of seized calipers?

It could very well be just that. Have you checked both sides of
the rotors? Sticky calipers may cause uneven wear.

I could also be that the pad carrier is worn so that the pads don't
slide in/out smoothly, catching in divots.

The other thing that I've noticed, it that it takes several hundred
miles for the new pads and rotors to fully bed in. In the mean time,
the wear patterns seem uneven. After my first rear brake job this
is what happened. I checked with a trusted mechanic and he said it
was normal. After about 500 miles of _hard_ driving, all was well...

-Chris
1993 90CS 5spd 71k miles