Hi,
Having troubles with long brake pedal travel and poor handbrake feel on our 3.5 years old Mazda 3. It's done 23k miles, has been owned by us since new, and is serviced annually by Mazda.
On it's second service I asked Mazda to check the brakes and, of course, the answer was "it's fine sir".
A year later, and a bit worse (I don't drive it often), and with it's first MOT looming, I decided to have a look. There was plenty meat left on all pads but (some of) the pad ends were jammed in the calipers, causing uneven wear on the pads. The rear pads were only acting on about half the face of the discs on the inners, so new rear discs and pads were fitted. The front discs had a slight lip but the pads were working on the whole faces so it got new pads only. All cleaned up well and greased nicely with copper grease. Brakes felt perfect again.
Now, 6 months later, the same has happened again (but not as bad). Investigation shows the same - pads jamming in the calipers.
What can I do to stop it? More coppaslip, less coppaslip, different grease, etc etc?
Any input welcome
Having troubles with long brake pedal travel and poor handbrake feel on our 3.5 years old Mazda 3. It's done 23k miles, has been owned by us since new, and is serviced annually by Mazda.
On it's second service I asked Mazda to check the brakes and, of course, the answer was "it's fine sir".
A year later, and a bit worse (I don't drive it often), and with it's first MOT looming, I decided to have a look. There was plenty meat left on all pads but (some of) the pad ends were jammed in the calipers, causing uneven wear on the pads. The rear pads were only acting on about half the face of the discs on the inners, so new rear discs and pads were fitted. The front discs had a slight lip but the pads were working on the whole faces so it got new pads only. All cleaned up well and greased nicely with copper grease. Brakes felt perfect again.
Now, 6 months later, the same has happened again (but not as bad). Investigation shows the same - pads jamming in the calipers.
What can I do to stop it? More coppaslip, less coppaslip, different grease, etc etc?
Any input welcome