i changed the brake pads on my car about a month ago. i noticed the rotors had real small grooves in them i didn't have them turned and now i have been having a lot of brake dust on the driver side.what i need to know do you think that i have ruined the new pads this soon and how do i check the pads to tell because i was going to buy new rotors and use these pads if i can. Lot of brake dust on wheels ?
Most likely you were sucked in to metallic or semi-metallic brake pads which eat brake rotors for desert. They'll be filthy till you burry them in your back yard. Creamic based pads are much cleaner and literally cause no rotor wear.
Personally I was sweating bullets a couple of weeks ago with a rotor and brake pad choice. I tossed on a fresh pair of EBC slotted and dimpled rotors on my own car using Bendix CQ (ceramic) brake pads. In the box with the pads thay warned it would take 500 easy miles of driving to break them in especially with new rotors. Cut a long story short there was a lot of filthy black charcoal dust on the aluminum wheels during the first 300 - 500 miles. At the end of 800 miles I washed the wheels once and no dirt has returned!
It would have been great if you'd have included the name and type of brake pads you installed. There's no real advantage in buying new brake rotors if the origional ones were not pitted, scored or worn undersize. When old rotors are used with new brake pads it pays to rough up both sides of the rotors with a 20 - 40 grit size zerconia flap wheel using a right angle grinder. Use a cheaper 24 -36 grit aluminum ozide paper wheel to knock of the rust near the edges and outside diameters. Use a straight round wire brush wheel in a 3/8 electric drill to clean up the faces of the wheel bearing- stud/hubs and the inside of the rotors. To clean up the reverse side of the rotors, bolt them on the drive hubs inside out using three lug nuts or use 3 hex nuts as spacers to bridge out the lug nuts for clearance purposes.
I'm somewhat conserned there is no brake dust on the passenger side also. Make sure the slider pins are lubricated with synthetic brake grease.Lot of brake dust on wheels ?
get new rotors and i dont know what kind of brake pads you bought but if they are semi-metallic then you will always get brake dust......you want to install ceramic premium pads.......brakes are very important and it doesnt pay to go cheap......ceramic pads will cost more but you will be much happier with the quality......no noise and very minimal brake dust....Lot of brake dust on wheels ?
it won,t be long until you will be buying new pads. the brake dust is coming off the pads. get new pads and have the rotors turned down. you don,t want to put those pads on new rotors. get new pads so they can get set to the new rotors.
