Rear brake rotor and pad grooves
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Rear brake rotor and pad grooves
Just bought a 2008 LR3 and noticed the rear driver rotors has very large grooves. The passenger side is not as bad but I can feel it with my finger tips. What would cause this? The pads still have a lot of life left. Should I change them out? I bought the rotors and pads since they were cheap.
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Not exceptional. Generally cheaper pads/rotors do this it seems. But even the type of pad used can cause this more or less than others. Cheap semi-metallics seem to have larger metal bits in the pads. A sticking caliper can sometimes cause this too by letting the pad gently drag along the rotor. After driving for a bit you can touch the hub part of the rotor and see if they match side to side temperature wise. If one is a lot hotter, you have a dragging issue.
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Not exceptional. Generally cheaper pads/rotors do this it seems. But even the type of pad used can cause this more or less than others. Cheap semi-metallics seem to have larger metal bits in the pads. A sticking caliper can sometimes cause this too by letting the pad gently drag along the rotor. After driving for a bit you can touch the hub part of the rotor and see if they match side to side temperature wise. If one is a lot hotter, you have a dragging issue.
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