02-08-2016, 01:27 PM
Common enough issue for the brake to drag slightly and prematurely wear the pads.
Check that the sliders move freely and that the handbrake is correctly adjusted. If they're OK, more often than not freeing the piston by winding it in and out will normally fix it.
If it doesn't, easiest thing is to replace the caliper - you can rebuild them with new seals, but it's a bit fiddly re-assembling the handbrake mechanism.
You can normally tell if one brake is dragging by checking the heat of the brakes after driving - if one side is noticeably hotter than the other, it's probably dragging/binding. Careful, as if you've been braking a fair amount then the disks will probably be too hot to touch!
Check that the sliders move freely and that the handbrake is correctly adjusted. If they're OK, more often than not freeing the piston by winding it in and out will normally fix it.
If it doesn't, easiest thing is to replace the caliper - you can rebuild them with new seals, but it's a bit fiddly re-assembling the handbrake mechanism.
You can normally tell if one brake is dragging by checking the heat of the brakes after driving - if one side is noticeably hotter than the other, it's probably dragging/binding. Careful, as if you've been braking a fair amount then the disks will probably be too hot to touch!
1990 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 // 1991 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 16v // 1992 Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 // 1999 Peugeot 306 HDi Estate