Weird pad/rotor wear..?

:wtf: causes this:

Passenger front, inner side...? Two deep grooves in the rotor and humps in the pad...?

rocks

Yup, rocks. My dust shields on the TJ used to trap rocks in there all the time and cause wear like that.

I have autozone lifetime warranty brake parts, but I just dont care. I consider it custom slotting.

Looks like somebody let a set of pads go to metal and left two rivet grooves. Then, new pads on the rotors. Bam, funny wear.

eh, its a ford:haha:

CrustyJeep said:

Looks like somebody let a set of pads go to metal and left two rivet grooves. Then, new pads on the rotors. Bam, funny wear.

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Bingo

Crusty gets a cookie

Rocks won't do that. I have actually seen that happen for no apparent reason a # of times on old straight axle'd chevs...

CrustyJeep said:

Looks like somebody let a set of pads go to metal and left two rivet grooves. Then, new pads on the rotors. Bam, funny wear.

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x3. See it everyday.

Considering the (lack of) maintenance the previous owner(s) gave it... I wouldn't be surprised... The passenger side radius arm busing was non existent, and the wheel would move fore/aft about 1/2"... Plus the groovy factory plugs and wires that were on it with 168,000 miles...

I'm almost done with 4 ball joints, radius arm bushings, wheel bearing repack, manual hub conversion, and (good thing I got them since the old ones were warped anyway..) rotors..

Thanks guys. :awesomework:

JOOP said:

x3. See it everyday.

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x4. :awesomework:

Pads don't even have to wear out. Just needs for the caliper to drag and the uneven temps will mess with the metal and pads.

The dead giveaway is the alignment of the rivet holes and the grooves!