Hello all, I have a 2007 6MT with 39k miles (mostly highway) and changed my brakes today for the first time. The odd thing was that the mechanic said I didn't need my front brake pads changed, but I needed to change my rear pads and resurface rotors.

Is it me or is that strange? His reasoning was that i have rear disc brakes that wear out faster than front. What did you guys think? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

Generally speaking, and in my experience with my coupe, front brakes wear faster than the rears because they do most of the work under braking (60-70%), but with these cars, it's not unheard of to see the rear pads wear out a bit earlier. You wouldn't be the first.

 

bump

 

Unless Infiniti uses a different pad compound front to rear, I would think it nearly impossible that the rears would wear out first, as the fronts do most of the braking.

 

unless you were running ur ebrake for a long time i'd think the fronts would wear out faster as well

 

are the brake pads for the 07 sedan and 07 coupe the same front and back?

 

Having been in the brake business, having the rear pads wear more than the fronts is strange. It is possible you drove around with your parking brake partially engaged. Normal pad wear would be the fronts, right front to be precise. My previous ride was a '92 300ZXTT, I got 118K miles out of the OE pads. The rear pads still had another 30K miles left on them but I changed them anyway....it's the right thing to do!
Gary

 

same her bro. i just replaced my back pads. with only 30k. my fronts are still 70% good

 

oem

 

E-brake is a drum system completely unrelated to the rear disc system. FWIW I just replaced mine over a week ago and my fronts were fine but the rears were on the squealer. 29K miles on the car too.

 

It's normal for our cars to wear the rear pads faster than the front. infiniti designed our cars to use more rear braking power than front. It helps handling under braking. same reason for our cars to wear the rear tires quicker, most braking and acceleration is going towards them

 

I have an 06' my rear brakes went before my fronts did.

Charlie

 

Could this possibly be because the car is rear wheel drive? (sense my sarcasm) An FWD car will wear the fronts faster than the rears. A RWD car will wear the rears out faster. I think that has less to do with braking than it does with being the driven wheels.

 

No, our cars use more braking power in front. It's called brake bias, and our cars generally have about 65-75% front brake bias. If your car used more rear bias, you'd have frequent brake lockup under braking since the weight moves over the front wheels under braking. The result would be less stability and potential spins while braking and turning.

 

The front brakes do the majority of the braking as mentioned above, hence the larger calipers. I'm guessing the rears go faster because the pad is half the size than those on the front.