Cheap autozone rear brake pads

[Stick_man]

...are th pits. Installed in August -- drove very little -- albeit in a lot of traffic when I did drive -- and they were worn down to the metal !

 

[koda2000]

...are th pits. Installed in August -- drove very little -- albeit in a lot of traffic when I did drive -- and they were worn down to the metal !

Are you talking about their Valucraft or Duralast brand? In either case, if you worn them slap-out that quickly, I'd say your rear calipers are hanging up. I've never used the "Valucraps", but I've used the Duralast on many cars/trucks over the years. Other than making a mess of your front wheels, they've preformed and lasted well enough. I prefer their C-Max ceramics on the fronts of my trucks (no brake dust), the regular Duralast are sufficient for the rears. The fronts do most of the work when stopping. I find the rears last 3-to-1 over the fronts.

 

[BKennedy]

Something else is hanging up your brakes so they are always wearing. I have used Duralast brake pads for years in multiple vehicles. I always purchase the middle of the price scale with the lifetime warranty.

 

[Stick_man]

it must be the drivers side caliper stuck open cuz they are ok on the other side.

they were also low on that side before which I attributed to the brakeline leak. Since that was fixed at the same time the new pads were added -- it looks like a new caliper is in order.

how does the brake line go into the caliper? flare kit needed?

 

[Turdle]

Ok, I might have some insight here

I also had brakes wear prematurely on the driver side rear.

After having it happen 2 times I looked into it further. With the rear jacked up and wheels off I took a video of my bent axle shaft and the side to side movement of the caliper. Watch closely.

The rotor was not warped. This is an example of a bent axle.



The fun starts on this page of my registry thread.

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=329322&highlight=bent+axle&page=20

 

[1996BLKBauer]

I had duralast pads, put 20K+ on them, and they where actually really good. sounds like a sticky caliper to me. When I replaced them I was replacing the rotors because they where out of spec, so they had to go, they probably had 5mm left aswell.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Look into getting the Wagner SX series semi metallic pads or the Performance Friction carbon metallic pads. They outlasted some vehicles that they were installed on.

 

[Stick_man]

After I replaced the rear pads, I took it to a shop to do the alignment.

Wouldn't a bent axle be obvious then?

Also the outer pad was worn down -- the one closest to the caliper pistons was fine

Also are you people driving in 1:30 of gridlock traffic every other day -- sometimes each way?

 

[swshawaii]

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