Rear Pad wear
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From: Lebbrownsville Indiana
Rear Pad wear
OK, so I've put abuot 1500 miles on the car since getting it back together. New pads, rotors, braided lines, shocks and bushings. Master cylinder is starting to leak a little (suprise suprise, everythign else leaks) but I've noticed that the rear pads are only making contact about halfway. The top half of the pad touches and does the braking while the bottom half doesn't even touch the rotor.
Now, I know the e-brake on the 88 is integrated into the caliper and the cables are broken so they do not engage. Is this why? Does the ebrake need to be adjusted up to make the bottom half of the pad to touch? Or is there something I'm missing here?
Now, I know the e-brake on the 88 is integrated into the caliper and the cables are broken so they do not engage. Is this why? Does the ebrake need to be adjusted up to make the bottom half of the pad to touch? Or is there something I'm missing here?
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1500 miles may not be enough miles to bed the pads in depending on what kind of driving you do. Are the pads cocked in the caliper? Is the pad noticable off parallel with the rotor? The pads may need to be bedded in, the pads not flat with the caliper, or the caliper not parallel to the rotor.
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From: Lebbrownsville Indiana
I'm pulling the wheels off to rotate tires Friday, I'll go over evrything. Car's been to 3 auto-x' so far this year, and I don't drive "easy". Probably why I'm averaging 20.8mpg over the last 4 tanks. whoops. 
Pads were seated in, I did my normal bed-in procedure (30-0, 40-0, 50-0, drive 2 miles 60-0 and 70-0 back to back). Pads are Hawk HPS. No noise, no vibrations. Just only half the pad contacting the rotor.
Pads were seated in, I did my normal bed-in procedure (30-0, 40-0, 50-0, drive 2 miles 60-0 and 70-0 back to back). Pads are Hawk HPS. No noise, no vibrations. Just only half the pad contacting the rotor.
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Check everything at the caliper?
Are the springs on the pad correctly pressing against the caliper?
Is the ebrake assembly causing things to be off line?
I removed all the ebrake stuff on my 92 when I replaced the calipers and I don't see this issue. So something is a little off kilter in the rear.
Are the springs on the pad correctly pressing against the caliper?
Is the ebrake assembly causing things to be off line?
I removed all the ebrake stuff on my 92 when I replaced the calipers and I don't see this issue. So something is a little off kilter in the rear.
