front pad wear question

[ashley]

I took a look at my pads while replacing my axle & noticed that there's pretty uneven wearing happening. The upper portion of the pad is maybe at about 3/32nd's & the lower is prob 7/32nd's. Now is it safe to say that the caliper is seized?

[Tommy]

you'd probably know it if the capliper was seized....ie the caliper is actually stuck on the rotor when you pulled the wheel off.

id bet on the rotors just being messed up first, pads and rotors are cheap enough, buy a new set and see what happens. well, as long as you cant actually see if the caliper is siezed, im sure someone here will be able to explain how to test it.

[Mike Gerber]

I would check to see if one of the slider pins or both on that caliper is/are seized. If one or both are seized, the caliper may be cocking a bit as it tries to put pressure on both pads and squeeze the pads on to both sides of the rotor. If you don't know what I am talking about, get a manual and look at the brake section or go to Autozone.com and look online at the brake section for your car.

Mike

[Eye8Pussies]

^ what he said...otherwise, change the rotors and see what happens