Replacing front vs rear brakes

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markuszoom5

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Mazda 5 Sport

• Nov 11, 2013

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Have any of you replaced the front rotors/pads only and left the rear axle alone. I have replaced and lubed the front brakes and rotors with oem mazda stuff. And I have only lubed the rear setup and cleaned the pads and put them back on. They look good to me. Have your rears outlasted the fronts? Why do the extra work if not necessary...

 

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njaremka

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2012 Mini R55

• Nov 11, 2013

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as long as the calipers are in working order, and the pads still have good meat on them, i say leave them alone. just check them regularly to make sure you don't run out of pad.

 

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Rally Man

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6 hanging with the 5's

• Nov 11, 2013

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I'm getting ready to replace the front pads. Funny thing is that the pad you see has plenty left, but the pad behind is thin. The rears have plenty of life left. I still might change them to have the same pad type on all four corners.

 

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njaremka

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2012 Mini R55

• Nov 11, 2013

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Rally Man said:

I'm getting ready to replace the front pads. Funny thing is that the pad you see has plenty left, but the pad behind is thin. The rears have plenty of life left. I still might change them to have the same pad type on all four corners.

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if the inside pad is wearing out before the outer pad, your slider pins are not sliding and need to be lubricated.

 

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Silentnoise713

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2008 Mazda5 GT

• Nov 11, 2013

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Rally Man said:

I'm getting ready to replace the front pads. Funny thing is that the pad you see has plenty left, but the pad behind is thin. The rears have plenty of life left. I still might change them to have the same pad type on all four corners.

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Be careful of sticky slider pins (see below)! Do not rely on visuals by looking at the outer pad alone as the inner pad is the side that the piston is riding on!
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...ront-pads-after-46K-original-miles&highlight=

Replace it all of the pads, rotors too, with quality replacements.

 

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Rally Man

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6 hanging with the 5's

• Nov 11, 2013

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Thanks for the link! I'll post a question there...

Oh and getting Hawk HPS pads, Centric rotors and Goodridge SS lines.

 

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thaxman

Mazda5 the Anti-Van

• Nov 12, 2013

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Yeah, back in Dec, I bought pads for all 4, but the rears were so good I left them alone. 55+K miles.