Several months ago, I had some time and decided to do an early front brake job on my Prius. The pads had about 3.5mm remaining so they definitely could have quite a while longer, but I decided to do them anyway.
For this job, I had used Genuine Toyota Pads, a new Genuine Toyota shim kit and Centric Premium Rotors.
Shortly after the front brake job was done, I noticed a very strange wear pattern on the outer face of the left-front rotor. (Note: The inner face of the left-front rotor was fine, and the right-front rotor had no issues at all)
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Here's another look:
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So I removed the pads and re-checked the hardware - but found no issues. After taking a close look at the pad, I think I found the issue:
Untitled by thecritic89, on Flickr
Untitled by thecritic89, on Flickr
From what I could tell, the top edge of the friction material was crumbling. So I called my awesome parts guy at the dealer, who then he gave me a new set of pads, and told me to return the old ones at my convenience.
After the swap and about 2,000 miles of driving, it appears that the problem has been resolved.
Has anyone had this happen to them?
For this job, I had used Genuine Toyota Pads, a new Genuine Toyota shim kit and Centric Premium Rotors.
Shortly after the front brake job was done, I noticed a very strange wear pattern on the outer face of the left-front rotor. (Note: The inner face of the left-front rotor was fine, and the right-front rotor had no issues at all)
Untitled by thecritic89, on Flickr
Here's another look:
Untitled by thecritic89, on Flickr
So I removed the pads and re-checked the hardware - but found no issues. After taking a close look at the pad, I think I found the issue:
Untitled by thecritic89, on Flickr
Untitled by thecritic89, on Flickr
From what I could tell, the top edge of the friction material was crumbling. So I called my awesome parts guy at the dealer, who then he gave me a new set of pads, and told me to return the old ones at my convenience.
After the swap and about 2,000 miles of driving, it appears that the problem has been resolved.
Has anyone had this happen to them?
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