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- Fredericton Canada
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- 2018 CX-5 GT
I decided to get another opinion on the wear on my brakes, so today went to an independent tire/brake specialist. They took my wheels off and showed me the wear on the pads. Instead of the 3mmm(~1/8 in) remaining on all pads as reported by Mazda, the brake guy today showed me that my front inner pads(piston side) were considerably more worn than the outer pads, 3mm vs 7 mm left on the outer pads. So over twice as much pad left on the outer front pads as compared to the inners!!!Now the rear pads had almost 5mm left on the outers as compared to 4mm left on the inner pads. So the rears showed quite similar wear on both inners and outers. SO, what is going on with the front pads!!! There wasn't any rust on the clips as they were still well lubed. I suspect the caliper pins would still be well lubed as well. Does anyone know why the inner front pads would wear so much. I read on another Forum that the outers usually wear faster than the inners. DEFINITELY the opposite in my case. Both the front and rear rotors showed very little wear in my opinion yet the brake guy said that as a matter of course these days they usually replace the rotors when they replace pads.
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