[dana44]

Jee wiz. What with brakes being so much better than they were twenty years ago, maybe it isn't the brakes themselves, but the driver, or driving habits. I know everyone is in a hurry, and yeah, I am usually above the speed limit and get from stop light to intersection faster than the person next to me almost every time, but when it comes to braking, I taught my daughter and I myself meticulously determine there is a minimum 200 yards of coasting if a red light is ahead of me, so we don't go from gas to brake pedal unless it is another idiot doing something stupid. If anyone goes from gas to brake, you wonder why brakes go bad in short order? On the highway with stop and go traffic, it ain't like you are going to get there any faster by driving hard and slamming on the brakes. Coast from snail to stop paces, and so what if someone pulls in front of you, it never fails, when things speed back up, or at the next stop sign or stop light, you are right behind them anyway. Save a little gas, increase the life of your brakes and rotors, and 15 seconds slower never has harmed me, it can be made up in a minute or two at highway speeds. My brakes usually last in the 30-35K range and rotors every other set at the minimums.

 

[dana44]

Just commenting that some styles of driving wear brakes faster, just a simple matter of usage.

 

[dana44]

Usually lithium white grease is used on the sliders. Don't need much. The pads have been made with a clip on the backs to keep them from floating the way they used to in most cases, anti-stick is usually a glue the holds the pad to the caliper and pries off when you replace them. Is it possible that with this many miles the flexible brake lines may be degrading on the inside and allowing extra pressure to remain when the brakes are disengaged? A tiny rip on the inside of the lines collects fluid under pressure and doesn't bleed off as quickly as normal and the slower return allows the caliper to stay compressed longer. Also, another thing is the junk that collects in the lines is very fine, which then settles in the bottom of calipers and then has the piston jam up against it over time, slowing down the return of the piston. These two things are long miles wear and tear things that can attribute to excessively wearing brake pads. I had this happen to my Barracuda, changed the pads and they would stick. Happened about a week after I had replaced the pads, was so bad the pads actually cracked the lining in about 200miles before I was able to replace them. Changed the lines and pads and didnt' have any problems after that.