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Originally Posted by crabjoe
Ok.. .I found an explanation on why the rear brakes may wear faster then the fronts on the Camry. What I found to be the cause is the Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD).
What EBD does is distributes braking force evenly to all 4 wheels. And if youe a light braker, this will cause more wear on the rears. Why is that?? It's because the the braking force is the same as the front, but the rear brakes are smaller. Smaller area with the same force causes faster wear.
Now if your foot is heavy on the brakes, you'll get more even wear or faster front pad wear. The reason is because of way EBD works. When braking heavy, the system puts more force on the front brakes.
So my conclusion is this. For light brakers that want more even wear, you'll either need to go to a harder rear pad or softer front pads since it seems the factory setup is for hard braking situations.
I hope this info helps any other that find that their rear brakes wear faster then the fronts.
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how reputable is your source on this?
you brake lightly so you use less pad material, you brake harder so you use more brake material from the front. more pad material from the front....
brake bias always have more force going to the front of the vehicle in most if not all passenger cars, regardless of lighting braking or heavy braking
