davedog Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Well, I finally got around to doing the brakes on my caddy. It's been "Sqeaking" for almost 2 weeks now, but I had just been so busy..... Anyway, I supected it would be the front (it usually is), but I had never done anything brake-wise with this car yet so it was more of an educated guess. Jacked the front end up, pulled the wheels, only to be confronted with perfectly smoooooth rotors and pads with roughy 85% life left in em! So, front wheels go back on, front end goes back down, rear end up, rear wheels off, and those pads where really worn. Looked like they'd been on there FOREVER (could they be OEM at 69k???). The rotors however had not gotten scratched yet, however a few more days and they might have been. So everything is sqeak-free now, and I didn't have to spead NEARLY as much as I thought I would. There are such things as Cadillac-Happy-Endings -dave Crystal Red Tintcoat Exterior | Shale/Brownstone Interior | 32k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonA Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Dave, those rear pads certainly could be original. I don't have record of the rears ever being replaced on mine, and records go back to when it had 42,000 on it. So the rear pads are at least 95,000 miles old, and maybe even as old as 137,000 miles, which is how many miles the chassis has. Jason(2001 STS, White Diamond) "When you turn your car on...does it return the favor?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adallak Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 The hydraulic system is adjusted so that the rear brakes make about 20% of all braking. Despite checking out front brakes periodically is important do not forget the rears too. Frozen calipers, bad bushings and caliper bolts are common at rear brake assemblies perhaps just because of the deficit of use. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CadiKing Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Hi All! Didn't I just Read on this forum recently how we should be using our parking brakes at least once per week to keep the rear brakes adjusted, even though they are disc brakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedog Posted October 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Dave, those rear pads certainly could be original. I don't have record of the rears ever being replaced on mine, and records go back to when it had 42,000 on it. So the rear pads are at least 95,000 miles old, and maybe even as old as 137,000 miles, which is how many miles the chassis has. thats pretty cool/interesting Crystal Red Tintcoat Exterior | Shale/Brownstone Interior | 32k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoo Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 i use the parking brake every time i park in the driveway because it's so steep don't want to put all that pressure on the transmission brake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 Dave, At 69K they could and probably should be OEM. When I traded my '92 in it had 125K and original rear breakes. If yours are worn that bad at only 69 I would check the caliper pins closely and make sure they are lubed and free floating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbi Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 I changed my moms rear brakes for the 1st time at 80k miles on her chrysler so i belive that they may be original ones that came with car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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