and only the passanger side seem to been stopping the car. After driving the car, the caiper on the pass side are hot and the drivers side are cool. All I did was get the rotors turned and put new pads on, Like I have on many other cars. Any ideas?? Thank you!! James
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jamesleber @ Apr 11 2007, 11:32 AM) [snapback]421452[/snapback]</div> How in the world could you eat into the rotors in appx TWO YEARS ?!? :huh:
What exactly did you have done, and who did the work? Working on brakes on the Prius is a bit more complex than traditional cars, and if you didn't have someone aware of the procedures on the job then they probably screwed up a lot of things. . _H*
I changed my own brakes. I took the rotors off and hd them turned. I compressed the caliper pistons and put the new brake pads on that I bought from autozone. I have always changed my own brakes and never had a problem (1st time on the prius though). To answer the other question, I live in the mountains. I have to use my brakes allot. I do have 26,000 miles on it though. The brakes barely went metal on metal. I always turn the rotors after the touch metal. Any ideas on what I might have screwed up? Thank you!! James
Heh, I was just going to reference the same topic but Isr beat me to it! There's a link to the bleeding-procedure PDF in there, which sets it forth in kind of a canned way but you might be able to reverse-engineer what'll work by also knowing these facts: __ The rears are electrically actuated only; hold, don't pump. __ The fronts have direct hydraulic path when the system is powered off. I'd provide more details if I 100% knew a good procedure, but I haven't dug into it sufficiently myself -- just armchair knowledge. If yours is already buggered you have an opportunity to figure out what works and then write it up for everyone. Just don't get air into the M/C or actuator, or you'll probably be paying Toyota a visit... . _H*
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jamesleber @ Apr 11 2007, 09:00 AM) [snapback]421515[/snapback]</div> Must be some kind of a mountain! Considering that friction brakes are only used below 9 MPH or panic stops, your brake pads should last 80,000 miles or more. I have nearly 50,000 on mine and have not used 10% yet.
