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Front brake application uneven (MOT fail)

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lukemk5gti:
One caliper could have been sticking intermittently grinding down the pad every now and then.

Eventually when the caliper does decide to then work it would have an uneven wear like mine  :happy2:

I replaced both calipers instead of just the one for peace of mind and it's fine now!

Andy:

--- Quote from: jason_rmh on October 10, 2016, 11:28:09 am ---So I popped to the garage this morning. Brake application test shows the % difference between the OS and NS front brakes.
The limit is 30% difference.
The test was varying from 29% up to 42%.

We swapped pads for a new set as it came down to 12% which is a pass.

Don't really know why the old pads were doing that, they had life left in them.
They were slightly un evenly worn eg inner pad vs outer pad on the weak caliper.

Who knows.
Jas

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good to hear it passed

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