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Old June 4th 08, 11:19 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
Coasty[_7_]
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Default brakes - front vs rear

could be driving with the emergency brake engaged or improperly adjusted
Coasty

"Earle Horton" > wrote in message
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> It won't work but a more serious question is why the rears would wear out
> before the fronts? Elementary physics says that the fronts will wear out
> first. Hopefully there is a simple explanation like this is a used Jeep
> and the fronts have already been replaced once or twice.
>
> Earle
>
> "ps56k" > wrote in message
> news
>> my son took his jeep in to check the brakes...
>> they replaced the rear rotors (60k) and pads, fronts were ok.
>>
>> I was wondering.....
>> can brakes be treated like tires ? are they the same front/rear ?
>>
>> Since he now has new rotors and pads on the rear,
>> could he - instead - move the front rotors & pads to the rear,
>> and install the new sets on the front ?
>>
>> Is the labor involved not worth it - compared to the cost of the new
>> parts ?
>>
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>> "If everything seems to be going well,
>> you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright
>>
>>

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