Maybematt
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Los Angeles
- Car(s)
- 2016 GTI SE (auto)
Yesterday, on my way back from big bear, my brakes started squealing like crazy, even low speeds with no brake pressure. Took the caliper off and looked at the pads, the front looks pretty hefty, but the inner pad is almost worn to zero. Is this semi-normal? I see there's only big inner brake pins to push the inner brake pad so it kind of makes sense.
While I decide if I want ebc yellows or hawk hps pads, I had few questions.
1) is it okay to flip the inner and outer pad for now?
2) at 58k miles, should I change rotors as well? I put 5k miles on the car, and the first 53k was driven by previous owner who seems like a tame driver.
3) kind of too lazy to check the rear, but im prop going to keep the rear pads stock. unless y'all advise otherwise?
Edit: when I was was trying to spin the rotor/wheel around, the brakes were dragging. Is that just a "safety feature" with these GTIs, or is something wrong? Was spinning the wheel in neutral, and with the handbrake on.
While I decide if I want ebc yellows or hawk hps pads, I had few questions.
1) is it okay to flip the inner and outer pad for now?
2) at 58k miles, should I change rotors as well? I put 5k miles on the car, and the first 53k was driven by previous owner who seems like a tame driver.
3) kind of too lazy to check the rear, but im prop going to keep the rear pads stock. unless y'all advise otherwise?
Edit: when I was was trying to spin the rotor/wheel around, the brakes were dragging. Is that just a "safety feature" with these GTIs, or is something wrong? Was spinning the wheel in neutral, and with the handbrake on.
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