Oh jeez, someone tell me how you could miss this? Messed up brake wear
I asked the dealer TWICE to check my front brakes for screeching at moderate stops. They told me twice everything was fine and it was dust.
Well check this out. Passenger side outter pad. That just isn't right. The lower portion of the pad is rubbing the stinking caliper and look at the angle of wear.
EDIT- Looked at the inner pad again, the bottom also appears to be rubbing and the top is worn a lot more.
I measured with a tape measure (all I got) and this rotor looks to be 1.25" exaclty which is 31.75mm. According to an old post by Dave Z, rotors start at 32mm thickness. With 44k miles (I believe this are original) is .25mm wear appropriate? Or is it more likely my measurement method just isn't exact enough
At what thickness is it OK to turn the rotors. With the pads rubbing like this, I'd assume I want these turned or replaced. I'm going to make the dealer show me the thickness of the rotors and I want to know what BMW spec says to replace or OK to turn.
As for the calipers, do they rebuild or replace? Should I push for replacement if they say they will rebuild them?
And while I was in there, I noticed this. Is the dust boot on the shock supposed to be separate from the base? Do I need to make them fix this as well?
I asked the dealer TWICE to check my front brakes for screeching at moderate stops. They told me twice everything was fine and it was dust.
Well check this out. Passenger side outter pad. That just isn't right. The lower portion of the pad is rubbing the stinking caliper and look at the angle of wear.
EDIT- Looked at the inner pad again, the bottom also appears to be rubbing and the top is worn a lot more.
I measured with a tape measure (all I got) and this rotor looks to be 1.25" exaclty which is 31.75mm. According to an old post by Dave Z, rotors start at 32mm thickness. With 44k miles (I believe this are original) is .25mm wear appropriate? Or is it more likely my measurement method just isn't exact enough
At what thickness is it OK to turn the rotors. With the pads rubbing like this, I'd assume I want these turned or replaced. I'm going to make the dealer show me the thickness of the rotors and I want to know what BMW spec says to replace or OK to turn.
As for the calipers, do they rebuild or replace? Should I push for replacement if they say they will rebuild them?


And while I was in there, I noticed this. Is the dust boot on the shock supposed to be separate from the base? Do I need to make them fix this as well?
