Kanyon
02-06-2007, 07:11 PM
So since saturday night I've been hearing this squealing/grinding sound in the front end. Last night I looked at the brakes and found that on the right front wheel, the outer pad was completely gone leaving the metal back of the pad rubbing against my rotor. When I took the brakes apart I found that there is a small rivet or something that set right where my caliper piston pushes on the pad and it has chipped off part of the piston. (This rivet is on all 4 pads too) I took the pads and rotor back to Autozone and had them confirm that they were the right pads and they replaced them under the lifetime warranty. I wish I had pics to show, but does Autozone not know what they are doing or is there something that I'm not getting here. If someone could post a pic of what the back of the pad should look like it would help alot. I think mine were duralast semi-mettalic or ceramic pads. Also on the top of each pad there is a little tab, 2 are small and 2 are big, does the big go on the inside or outside of the rotor.