certain pad problem
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certain pad problem
I’ve bedded the pads per mfg instructions. it’s like not all of the pad surface is bonding to the rotor. there is no pulsating thru the steering wheel, like when you have a warped rotor...
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Need a hell of lot more information, but would check to make sure that the caliper is moving freely on the greased guide pins, that the pistons can retract without needing a great deal of pressure, and even go to the point of pulling the pad to check the size flakes in the pad material compound. Also to point out, the rotors wear faster on the outside edge of the rotors than the inner hub sides, so this is the reason that you want to turn the rotors on pad replacements, so both faces are parallel to each other, to allow the pads to mate in faster.
Also if this is the base/Z51 single sided pistons caliber, there could be a good chance that the caliper itself has bent open and needs to be replaced.
Hence was a problem on the C5 z06 cars since they uses the same design, and why the C6 calipers for the Z06 cars was upgraded to a clam shell caliper with pistons on both sides to resist the U shape of the caliper bending open isntead.
Also if this is the base/Z51 single sided pistons caliber, there could be a good chance that the caliper itself has bent open and needs to be replaced.
Hence was a problem on the C5 z06 cars since they uses the same design, and why the C6 calipers for the Z06 cars was upgraded to a clam shell caliper with pistons on both sides to resist the U shape of the caliper bending open isntead.
