Rear Brake Pads Wear Rate

Hi
My opinion is okay, the vehicle will adjust for weight/height , but that won't make it overuse the rear pads
Are they the same make quality front and rear?
Hope you find the cause
Cheers

Had accelerated wear rate on one side only, Bill, on rear. Turned out the long guide bolts were binding inside the rubber "tube".

Replaced the tube, and used different lubricant, and all good. This was on Landcruiser ute, 02 model. Imagine Prado is very similar?

Bob

Hi Buzz,
Your mechanic is dead right towing does wear your rear pads quicker, I had the same problem on the pathfinder, and like you didn't believe the mechanic so I went through the exercise of callipers and brands of brake pads, and every one I spoke to said it was the towing and the computer adjustments for the extra weight. We tow a 22' van, and now before we go anywhere I have the rear brake pads checked just as a matter safety. your vehicle may be different, and you may have a fault in the system, and we all need good brakes, so for my money do what I did and get a second opinion, better to be safe than sorry. good luck

My previous vehicle, Mitsubishi Triton, did 170,000 kilometres and never had a set of pads front or rear. Towed a 2 tonne van for a good part of that.

Next to the rear diff is a brake proportioning valve. This valve is there to stop the rear wheels locking under heavy braking by reducing some of the braking force applied to the rear wheels when there is no load on and provide more rear braking when the rear suspension is compressed, as would happen if towing or carrying heavy loads.

Often times when you get a spring upgrade, the spring that actuates the valve is not adjusted, so when running unloaded the rear brakes provide next to no braking and the pads therefore last a really long time.
If you don't have uprated springs, then the suspension will compress under load and the rear braking bias will be much greater.

The 'I got 170000km' argument if somewhat flawed if you have a ute and do most of your running around unladen. I too got 150000km out of the rear shoes in my Courier and they had next to no wear still when I sold it. It did have a correctly adjusted proportioning valve and an alloy tray, so the rear brakes didn't get much use, even then they had a tendency to lock up as there was just no weight in the back end.

Sounds normal - like Hoyks said, there's a brake proportioning valve that increases the braking in the rear when the suspension is down with greater loads.

Hi,
I remember when I got the 140,000 service done on my Hilux.
The person at the front counter informed me, "I had 10,000k left on my brake pads, and they should be replaced."

I asked him if that was, around town or on a trip.

He looked at me rather strangely, and said, what's the difference. 10,000k is 10,000k's.
I just smiled to my self and said "I would get them done on the next service."

40k is not a lot of kilometres, but if 90% was done towing, it may be the norm due to what was mentioned above about the brake proportioning valve.
Just keep an eye on the next set and see how they compare.

It's not much good comparing how many K's others have got out of theirs, as they may not drive in the same manner as yourself.

I know for a fact that my wife gets better fuel economy out of our vehicle than I do. Same car, different driving methods.

But it still sounds a bit less than normal.

Cheers

Hi there,
Just a question were the pads genuine Toyota or aftermarket, Had similar on my wife's 80 series Landcruiser, genuine rears 90,000k fronts 120,000k. Thought OK wife's car will put in aftermarket, rears lasted 40,000k, after last service with genuine pads, I checked my guess 50% left after 40,000k?

There you go.
Regards
John h