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Old June 5th 08, 02:37 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
Lon
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Default brakes - front vs rear

That would wear out the little drum inside the rear rotor...

I'd go for the fronts already having been done, or a very bad equalizer.


Coasty wrote:
> could be driving with the emergency brake engaged or improperly adjusted
> Coasty
>
> "Earle Horton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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 ?
>>>
>>> --
>>> ----------------------------------
>>> "If everything seems to be going well,
>>> you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright
>>>
>>>

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