coloboardi

Hi all, I know it's another brake thread, sorry. Anyways, this weekend I replaced my front rotors and pads as well as my rear brake pads. I have replaced brakes on many vehicles but have never run into this issue before. Here are the parts I used:

Front:
Centric 120.44127 Premium Brake Rotor with E-Coating
Akebono ACT976 ProACT Ultra-Premium Ceramic Brake Pad Set

Example picture of the rotor

Now, here is my issue. In the picture above you will see the silver flat part of the rotor where the pads make contact as well as an inner black portion of the rotor. When I installed the brake pads, the inner most part of the pad sits slightly on that black portion of the rotor. This causes the pads to sit uneven against the silver part of the rotor. You can see the pressure points on the outermost portion of the rotor as well as that small black inner portion.

Has anyone else had this issue? Not sure if I need to order different pads or let it be and let the inner pad wear down enough for the rest of the pad to make complete contact with the rotor.

NTH

Is that black lip flushed with the pad surface (silver area)? Sounds like it's not, causing your pad to sit cockeyed.

coloboardi

No, the black lip is slightly higher than the pad surface. Correct, the pads are definitely sitting uneven.

NTH

Ok, you definitely don't want to let it be and drive like that. I've used Akebono pads in the past and never an issue. Try mating the old pad on the new rotor to see how it sits. If it sits correctly on the pad surface, then it's the Akebono you have to change.

coloboardi

Thanks for the input. I'm going to go pick up a cheap set of pads and see if they fit better on the Centric rotors I installed. If they do, then I will return the Akebono pads that I just installed. If the new pads still do not fit correctly, then I obviously have a rotor issue that needs to be addressed.

This is very strange and frustrating as both parts are made for this vehicle. Will update later...

TheDeep

HI coloboardi, Is there any update here? Are you saying that the centric rotors are not a good fit with akebono pads?

co4wheel

It's a one piece rotor with the black painted middle section. Once you drive it to paint will wear away and it will be normal. Of its truly a step then that is different. If its just a painted section don't worry about it.

yackowski

Hmmm, I actually have that exact same combo and didn't have any issues with the inner portion myself. I'll take a look next time I have the wheels off though. It's been about 5k miles since I swapped everything. I am running Napa calipers.