Rear brake pads barely wearing??

[aszaheer]

Hi guys,

I bought new acdelco front and rear pads to replace around 6 months ago and only replaced the front ones coz the rear had more than half pad material remaining. Now after 30-40k km of mainly highway driving I decided to check & change all of them as the rear ones might be due now. The fronts were worn about 50-60% and the rear still look like they have more than half pad material remaining. Is this normal? Can the rear pads last 3-4 times longer than front pads?

 

[smidey]

that's typical for ever car i've owned except my VN SS with 13" wilwood slotted rotors up front, i'm probably changing 6 pads front to 1 rear haha

 

[Brisbarnz]

Usually wear 3 sets of fronts to one set of rears. Its normal.

 

[Pollushon]

As above, I've done two sets of rear pads since 2006. Lost count on the fronts, maybe 8 - 10 sets.

 

[Skydrol]

Interesting, on my VE one of the rear pads was closed to the metal. Front ones had about another 10,000 left on them.

When I bled the system, the right rear caliper had air in them. After that, I can feel the rear brakes doing their job.

 

[aszaheer]

Thanks for the replies guys! Good to know that atleast there are still some things ok in my car :yahoo:

 

[lowandslow]

Yeah. The rear brakes do 2 fifths of f#ck all.

 

[A9L]

Depends how many skids you do I spose

 

[TI3VOM]

A car is like a bike (be it motorbike or push bike) the front does around 80% on the braking and the rear does around 20%.