Why are my brake pads only wearing on one side?
Possible Uneven Brake Pad Wear Causes Front and rear brake pads naturally wear differently. When your vehicle is moving, the forward momentum tends to put more strain on the front brakes, which can cause them to wear faster than the rear brakes.
What causes rear wheel to lock up when braking?
Problem: One or both rear wheels lockup during braking or the rear end of the car squats when braking. Cause: Rear Wheel lockup or squatting has many causes. Here is the list of possible causes: Service and parking brake adjustment. Rear brake hardware. Shoe lands or bosses. GM clip in wheel cylinders. Brake drum condition.
How can I tell if my rear brake is a problem?
To determine if your rear brakes are the problem, you need to test them in isolation. One way to test your rear drum brakes is to apply the parking brake slightly while driving, because the parking brake uses the drum brakes in the rear.
Why do you need rear brakes in a car?
The car will slide into whatever you are braking to avoid, without really slowing down much. The rear brakes don’t do a lot of the stopping, but they are necessary to prevent weight transfer to the front of the car during hard braking.
To determine if your rear brakes are the problem, you need to test them in isolation. One way to test your rear drum brakes is to apply the parking brake slightly while driving, because the parking brake uses the drum brakes in the rear.
Possible Uneven Brake Pad Wear Causes Front and rear brake pads naturally wear differently. When your vehicle is moving, the forward momentum tends to put more strain on the front brakes, which can cause them to wear faster than the rear brakes.
Problem: One or both rear wheels lockup during braking or the rear end of the car squats when braking. Cause: Rear Wheel lockup or squatting has many causes. Here is the list of possible causes: Service and parking brake adjustment. Rear brake hardware. Shoe lands or bosses. GM clip in wheel cylinders. Brake drum condition.
What causes rear drum brakes to engage too soon?
If the parking brake system is not de-adjusted properly before the brake shoes are adjusted it will cause the rear brakes to engage too soon. This is especially true of vehicles equipped with duo-servo rear drum brakes (see Figure 61.1).