[Shotimes] Re: Uneven pad wear with wilwoods

Kerby Haltom kerbyh@netzero.net
Wed, 03 Sep 2003 21:20:45 -0500


The last sentence may be the clue.  If he bought them used, and didn't 
rebuild them, I would start right there.  It's supposed to take about 15 
mins to do.  Might have been good insurance...

Kerby

At 10:13 PM 9/3/03 -0400, Bill Murray wrote:
>A friend of mine recently installed a Wilwood kit on his Maxima.  It
>uses the same BSL 4 calipers that the TCE SHO kit uses.  He is having
>very uneven pad wear.  The caliper is properly centered over the rotor
>and the larger piston is on the bottom of the caliper with the bleed
>screw pointing up.  He is having this problem on both sides of the car.
>Any idea as to what may cause this?  The only thing that we can come up
>with is that for some reason the inboard pistons have froze and the
>calipers need to be rebuilt.  The company that sells the kit,
>Fastbrakes, has been no help and has not replied to any emails.  BTW, he
>purchased the kit used.  Thanks
>
>Bill Murray
>
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