1989 325is
About a month (500 city/hwy miles) ago, I had my front and rear brake pads replaced with Hawk HPS. The rear rotors had tons of grooves and were replaced, while the front rotors had very minimal grooving and were therefore preserved.
Anyway, I just took a look at my rotors today through the weels, and I noticed that on the right front wheel only one side), the outer edge of the rotor seems to be a little raised to the touch. There's a concentric line about 1/2 cm from the outer rim of the rotor that marks where this raised portion begins. This line/mark doesn't wipe off (maybe burned in?) and I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before I got new pads. The left side is fine.
Is it possible that part of the pad on that wheel isn't contacting the rotor? If that were the case, I think hard braking would steer the car in one direction, and that's not the case here. I saw the mechanic put in the pads, and everything seemed to go in straight. I trust his work. What happened?
About a month (500 city/hwy miles) ago, I had my front and rear brake pads replaced with Hawk HPS. The rear rotors had tons of grooves and were replaced, while the front rotors had very minimal grooving and were therefore preserved.
Anyway, I just took a look at my rotors today through the weels, and I noticed that on the right front wheel only one side), the outer edge of the rotor seems to be a little raised to the touch. There's a concentric line about 1/2 cm from the outer rim of the rotor that marks where this raised portion begins. This line/mark doesn't wipe off (maybe burned in?) and I'm pretty sure it wasn't there before I got new pads. The left side is fine.
Is it possible that part of the pad on that wheel isn't contacting the rotor? If that were the case, I think hard braking would steer the car in one direction, and that's not the case here. I saw the mechanic put in the pads, and everything seemed to go in straight. I trust his work. What happened?
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