Sliding pins were my brake job blind spot for 8 years

Finally figured out why my front pads kept wearing uneven on my 2015 Civic, the inner pad was down to 2mm while the outer still had 8mm left. It was the sliding pins, they were all gummed up from old grease and not moving freely at all. A buddy in Austin told me to check them after I complained about a dragging feel, and 20 minutes with a wire brush and fresh silicone grease fixed everything. Has anyone else pulled their calipers apart only to find the pins were the real problem?

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grace_perry441mo ago

Oh man, that's always the sneaky culprit!

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lily_stone761mo ago

Ha! Exactly, @grace_perry44 always the thing you least expect. It got me one time after I spent a week changing every other part, turned out to be the dumb little sensor that cost less than a coffee. Shoulda checked that first, but hindsight's a real jerk sometimes.

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