Excessive Brake Pad and Caliper Wear?
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Excessive Brake Pad and Caliper Wear?
1990 240DL Sedan, 146K miles
I know there is no single answer to this, but what have others found as a typical life expectancy for front brake pads? The car is driven about 7K miles per year from October through May. 90% of the driving is around town. Granted it is New England, but the car is not driven hard.
In looking back over the maintenance records from the original owner and me, the front brakes were done at:
Original owner:
35K
59K - only 24K miles
102K - better - 42K miles
Me:
125K - only 23K miles; also got new calipers (one was frozen)
146K – only 21K miles; also replacing calipers (one frozen, 1 with piston leak). The left brake pads still had some pad life left, but the right brake pads were close to metal on metal from the frozen caliper.
This just seems excessive. Any thoughts as to whether it is, and if so, what might be causing the excessive wear, or what I should be looking for as possible culprits?
I know there is no single answer to this, but what have others found as a typical life expectancy for front brake pads? The car is driven about 7K miles per year from October through May. 90% of the driving is around town. Granted it is New England, but the car is not driven hard.
In looking back over the maintenance records from the original owner and me, the front brakes were done at:
Original owner:
35K
59K - only 24K miles
102K - better - 42K miles
Me:
125K - only 23K miles; also got new calipers (one was frozen)
146K – only 21K miles; also replacing calipers (one frozen, 1 with piston leak). The left brake pads still had some pad life left, but the right brake pads were close to metal on metal from the frozen caliper.
This just seems excessive. Any thoughts as to whether it is, and if so, what might be causing the excessive wear, or what I should be looking for as possible culprits?
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