I recently found out that one of my (idoitic) friends rotates his brake pads. He'll move the rear pads to the front when the front one's wear out and replace the rears. His justification is that the pads don't get too old that way, because the front's wear out faster. I told him it was a waste of his time because he doesn't always replace the rotors and he never moves the rotor with the pads. I also thought that the way the front/rear brakes are applied are different. Please tell me I'm right...
That's only going to work if the front and rear pads are the same size and have the same mounting. And even if they did, so what? Just replace the fronts more often. I think you need to
your friend.
I think natural selection will work much faster.
Maybe the same guy who told him to rotate his spark plugs
What car uses the same from and rear pads? I think he's pulling your leg.
He should probably rotate his lugs nuts too while he's at it.
Rotating my brake pads would help my weight distribution since the lighter pads would now be on the front.
Hmm.
Actually this is a pretty common practice in race car prep. Assuming both ends of the car share the same pad plate and compound it's a fine way of saving some coin. Seeing that the wear rate is about 2:1 or maybe 3:1 it works quite well.
That being said, I doubt it will work out too well on most street cars due to the pad plate.
