Disk brakes wearing too fast?

Question

I have a 1995 Dogdge Ram Van where the passenger front side brakes wear out faster than the left front side. I changed the caliper with a new one and bled all four wheels starting from the fartest side and then eventually down to the front right side. After w few months I check on the pads and sure enough the same thing is happening. Is there a manifold that balance the fluid? If so how do I correct the pressure to be all equal.

Answer 1

Which caliper did you replace? Sometimes a frozen slider will wear faster, and sometimes a frozen caliper will force the other side to wear. Check the pressure at the caliper, Maybe you have a collapsed line or something else causing it.

Answer 2

Check that you do not have a warped rotor - that will cause them to wear that way (and pull or pulse when you break).

Right near, or under, the master cyl there should be a "Block" where the master lines enter and the other lines come out. That is the "Balancing Block" for the system.
You can buy replacements (not suggested) - IE: you cannot change the pressure in stock blocks.
Or you can get custom balance blocks that you can manually adjust (suggested) FYI: count the OUT lines and line sizes, that matters.

To adjust the manual blocks find a gravel or dirt road without much (any) traffic. Start with 60% front, 40% rear. Then get up to about 20 MPH, and break until a wheel locks up, look in the dirt / gravel, for the wheel that locked and back its adjustment off until you get all 4 tires locking up at the same time. This can take a while.

The Links below are where you can buy them.
(Dirt Track parts stores normally stock these items)

Answer 3

Looks like a sticky(dragging caliper)unless you have a chewed up rotor on the bad side.....cut or replace both rotors and replace both calipers with rebuilts...flush the system with clean brake fluid before you replace to keep slop and dirty fluid out of the new rebuilt calipers

Answer 4

you need to replace the other caliper too. i know it sucks but you should always replace brake components as a set. plus it may fix your problem, also make sure your caliper rails and anything the caliper rides on is clean of rust and dirt, maybe with a wire brush (not the rotor), good luck

Answer 5

t's possibile that your passenger side disc brakes is a little tighter than the driver side causing it to wear faster

Answer 6

Worped roter. You can get them shaved at Minikee for cheap. Try that before master cilinder and all that nonsense.

Answer 7

if you did all that stuff,then maybe its your master cylinder.