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I have a grinding when i apply my brakes in my 05 LGT. changed the rears, didn't go away. went to change the front and they are evenly worn with 2/3 of the pads still left. I do need to change the Bushings on the rear of the LCA on both sides. is it a must to do the bushings on the front of the LCA as well? any ideas on the grinding? thanks
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All depends on what pads your are running. How is the braking? Does it still brake normal? My SUV sounds like it grinds all the time, I've checked the brakes several times and every thing looks good. Still brakes good, so I'm not too worry about it, unless the brakes start acting different.
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I have a grinding when i apply my brakes in my 05 LGT. changed the rears, didn't go away. went to change the front and they are evenly worn with 2/3 of the pads still left. I do need to change the Bushings on the rear of the LCA on both sides. is it a must to do the bushings on the front of the LCA as well? any ideas on the grinding? thanks

 

As long as you are taking off the LCA to do the rear bushings, might as well do the inner ones as well. Labor will be negligablly more and you will be all set. We sell the Inner and Rear Whitelines for 180 shipped. :)

 

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I have a grinding when i apply my brakes in my 05 LGT. changed the rears, didn't go away. went to change the front and they are evenly worn with 2/3 of the pads still left. I do need to change the Bushings on the rear of the LCA on both sides. is it a must to do the bushings on the front of the LCA as well? any ideas on the grinding? thanks

 

On the Brakes, it may be a pad issue, how old are the pads themselves? are they OEM?

 

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Trusted Mechanic says fronts were mint, rears were shot(been changed to OEM for budget reasons) and that bearing/hub is good to go. still get Shaking in the wheel under braking. thinking of getting some Centric rotors(again, budget concerns). The current pads do not look to be very old, or worn. I don't know anything about them as I just purchased the car a few months ago. should I change to new pads when i change the rotors?
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Trusted Mechanic says fronts were mint, rears were shot(been changed to OEM for budget reasons) and that bearing/hub is good to go. still get Shaking in the wheel under braking. thinking of getting some Centric rotors(again, budget concerns). The current pads do not look to be very old, or worn. I don't know anything about them as I just purchased the car a few months ago. should I change to new pads when i change the rotors?

 

A few questions as followup.

 

How does he know the front bearing is not bad? On these cars "traditional" bearing testing methods DO NOT WORK.

 

I would start with getting a set of slightly upgraded pads such as Stoptech Street Performance or Hawk HPS and follow a hard bedding proccess (7-10 60mph->5mph runs and then no brakes and allow to cool for 30 min) This should remove the pad material built up in the rotors. If that doesn't work you can try using some steel wool on the rotors. As a last case scenario, replace the front rotors with Centric Premiums.

 

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The pads cause the shimmy by not shedding the dust. The dust builds up on the rotors.

 

Most of us use Hawk pads, I like the ceramic because they are low dusting.

 

My wagon has them, my Spec has Hawk HPS on the front, the rims get dusty in a few day's.

 

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You can clean the rotors by bedding in the new brakes.

 

 

If the rotors are older, you'll want to have them re-surfaced on a fly wheel cutter so you get a better surface, then on a brake lath.

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A few questions as followup.

 

How does he know the front bearing is not bad? On these cars "traditional" bearing testing methods DO NOT WORK.

 

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I don't know how he tests them. He is well versed in subaru repair, but I didn't ask him how he knows. what is the proper way to test them? Thanks for the recommendations on the pads first. i will look into that.

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I don't know how he tests them. He is well versed in subaru repair, but I didn't ask him how he knows. what is the proper way to test them? Thanks for the recommendations on the pads first. i will look into that.

 

Usually you will push on the wheel and listen for a clicking sound. On the bolt-in style subie bearings, we've seen almost all of them appear fine with the push-pull test. Only way to know is really test it listening for a change in the rubbing sound during abrupt sharp turns by jerking the wheel you can hear the sound change. It's a real bugger to track it down.

 

I doubt that is your issue though.

 

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The pads cause the shimmy by not shedding the dust. The dust builds up on the rotors.

 

Most of us use Hawk pads, I like the ceramic because they are low dusting.

 

My wagon has them, my Spec has Hawk HPS on the front, the rims get dusty in a few day's.

 

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You can clean the rotors by bedding in the new brakes.

 

 

If the rotors are older, you'll want to have them re-surfaced on a fly wheel cutter so you get a better surface, then on a brake lath.

the current pads did have a large amount of dust packed into the groove in the center. thanks for the advice.

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I had the same issue with my oem subaru pads, lots of dust packed into the center groove. Some of it was packed so solid that I couldn't even get it out, anyone know why this happens?
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I had the same issue with my oem subaru pads, lots of dust packed into the center groove. Some of it was packed so solid that I couldn't even get it out, anyone know why this happens?

 

The dust in itself isn't an issue. The problem with OEM pads is that their temp range isn't really high enough for a lot of the driving done around here. So what happens is the pad material breaks down and that dust you see actually gets trapped inside the micro cracks. A higher temp pad like Hawk HPS, Stoptech Street Performance or Hawk HP+ have a less tendency to overheat and breakdown like that.

 

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