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yeah, there's rear drum brakes 
We could be abusive on the brakes that way but we don't drive the GC any differently than our other vehicles on which we get more than double that life from a set of front pads. The discrepancy between inner and outer pad wear suggests we could get another 15K miles out of them if the caliper weren't sticking - though 30K miles is still on the short side IMO. I cleaned the caliper sliding points which weren't dirty or gummy to begin with. Is there an appropriate lube? Should I try disc brake quiet or anti-seize paste?dana44 said:Just commenting that some styles of driving wear brakes faster, just a simple matter of usage.
I replaced the rear pads, cylinders and hardware about 100K miles ago. I pull the drums when I rotate the tires which is maybe once before the set wears outImperialCrown said:It is also possible that the fronts are doing all the stopping. If your rears haven't been looked at in 100K, the wheel cylinders and self-adjusters may be frozen.
The rears may contribute ~20% to stopping the vehicle and help the fronts last longer.
I meant the brakes don't get mushy after hard stops. With the GC, I can't tell between organic, ceramic or whatever the brake material claims to be. The clunker MB has a sensitive and communicative brake pedal. Organic pads (MB brand, Pagid, Textar, etc.) grab nicely when cold but require more effort with repeated hard stops. You have to drive like an idiot to observe this and too often I am an idiot so I know of which I speakgusc said:Tell me more about mushy pedals with ceramic pads. I just got a 2003 GC that does this, a new thing to me.