Yesterday I decided to rotate the tires and lube the brakes on our Fusion. Car has just under 50,000 miles. Admittedly, I never lube brakes (I will going forward!). Even though I live in the rust belt, I have never had an issue on any car with brakes wearing oddly, hanging up, etc. The Fusion is a different monster. Flashback to last winter, when the car was 3 years old, the rear brakes were grinding something fierce. It turns out that the pads were badly seized into their slides (the track, not the pins), causing the rotors to wear unevenly also. I replaced the pads, cleaned and lubed everything.
Now yesterday, I see that the back side of all 4 rotors, and the fronts of 1, are wearing crooked, unevenly, etc. On a 4.5 year old car? The slide pins all still had lube and didn't seem to hang up. Pin boots sealed well and were pliable, and the pins themselves looked fine. And the track slides weren't sticky. I lubed everything with some rubber-safe moly brake grease, cleaned the shims, slapped it all back together, and the brakes still work fine. But a major brake overhaul is in order soon.
TL;DR... my brakes are wearing very strangely on a not-that-old car.
Now yesterday, I see that the back side of all 4 rotors, and the fronts of 1, are wearing crooked, unevenly, etc. On a 4.5 year old car? The slide pins all still had lube and didn't seem to hang up. Pin boots sealed well and were pliable, and the pins themselves looked fine. And the track slides weren't sticky. I lubed everything with some rubber-safe moly brake grease, cleaned the shims, slapped it all back together, and the brakes still work fine. But a major brake overhaul is in order soon.
TL;DR... my brakes are wearing very strangely on a not-that-old car.
