new personal best...worn brakes

[Neil]

that would be tough to do with him working zero jobs and her working 2. He's a diesel mechanic that's out of work.

Yea, I know it was a bit of a stretch, but it could happen. My wife has a job, but I control all the money. We're not living 'hand to mouth' so it's not like she has to ask me for money (joint checking and ATM account). She'll take a couple of hundred a week out without telling me, but if she were going to make a big purchase she would ask me and I put the money into the account.

I guess saying she spent the money on the 'spa' WAS a little sexist. How about maybe she blew the money in a poker game? Better?

Anyway.... the picture looks like the caliper was frozen and not sliding on the pins, so the inside pad was pushed into the rotor. Since the caliper couldn't slide, the outside pad didn't get touched. Regardless, if the piston was coming that far out, someone would have had to add brake fluid at some point.

[jad628]

I'm confused why does one side have a perfectly good pad almost new just a little dirty and the other has nothing and the rotor is eating the piston. Somethings not right there.

Easy. if the slide bolts quit allowing the caliper to float, you get one pad wearing over the other.