OT: Bad Brake Rotors and Calipers

Jason1Pa · Jul 11, 2009

Could anyone out there tell me why or what causes the inside of your brake rotors to get all rust and pitted when the outside looks good as new? About 6 months agao or so i replaced everything on a car a have and now its the same way again! The last time i replaced the calipers thinking they could be bad,but since they arn't even 1 year old what could be happening? I could tell it wasn't stopping as good and could here a noise up front thats why I pulled the wheels today to check things out. Any ideas or thoughts out there? Thanks in advance!! oh,its a Chrysler product if thats any help or makes any difference.

Pitch · Jul 11, 2009

How much do you drive? I just did my daughters Malibu, she drives about ten miles a day. Her pads had a lot of meat left on them but the rotors were as you described yours. The other three cars in our house are driven 30 to 70 miles a day and never had that problem.

lucas boy · Jul 11, 2009

SEEN SOME DO THAT , ON ONE IT WAS A BAD BRAKE HOSE HLODING SOME PRESSUR ON THAT INNER PAD, ANOTHER THE CALIPER WAS SLIDING FREE,ANOTHE WAS A BAD DISTRIBUTION BLOCK IN THE SYSTEM , HOLDING SOME PRESSUR ON ALL THE TIME.LUCAS

Owen Aaland · Jul 11, 2009

We had a couple of Chrysler mini vans in the 80's and 90's. The both did the same thing for as long as we drove them.

Jason1Pa · Jul 11, 2009

LOL You bring up a good point. This car i just have around for back up. I only put on a few thousand miles a year. That could cause a problem I am sure.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 11, 2009

Just finished a brake job today with the exact same problem. Buddy is a mechanic at an independent shop and says that it is not uncommon. Weird how the pad could have 50% life on the inside and 90% on the outside but the rotor only has 1/2" on the inside where the pad is actually rubbing and the rest is rusted and flakin off while the outside appears perfectly normal.

colekicker · Jul 12, 2009

I had the inside of the rotor eat the brake pad up on my Dodge Ram 2500. Turned out the caliper wasn't floating on the mounts and just ate the inside brake pad.

tjdub · Jul 13, 2009

It's very common on most of my vehicles (especially my 1980's Ford trucks) The caliper doesn't slide around on the mount/pins like it should because of dirt and rust. The way the Fords attach the caliper, it's amazing they're intended to float at all. I just replaced a rotor on my F-350 that wore clean through on the inside, but had half a pad left on the outside. Should have got a new caliper too I suppose, but didn't. Darn gravel roads and salt are sure hard on vehicles.

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