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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.

EBD does not distribute braking force evenly to all 4 wheels.

"Based on the signals received from the 4 wheel speed sensors, the skid control ECU calculates each wheel speed and deceleration, and checks wheel slipping conditions. And according to the slipping condition, the skid control ECU controls the pressure holding valve and pressure reduction valve in order to adjust the fluid pressure of the each wheel cylinder in the following 3 modes: pressure reduction, pressure holding, and pressure increase modes."