Hartawan

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My RX330 possibly have dirty brake pads? When stopping it feels like its grinding/slipping feeling. Sometimes it doesnt but most of the time it does. The brake pads still have a lot of life. What can I do to eliminate this?

PureDrifter

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what kind of pads? sounds like either the last mechanic didnt put in the shims or grease the pads properly. any scoring on the rotors from what you can see?

Hartawan

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I am pretty sure they are Lexus pads, my brother went to Lexus to get it changed I believe but I am not too sure.

Left front


Right front


What can I do?

PureDrifter

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what about the inner parts of the rotorss...

its common single piston brakes to wear out the inner pads before the outers since the floating mechanism sometimes doesnt work as well as it should, just run your hand on the inside of the rotor and feel for scoring.

i dont actually know if the RX is a single or multi piston front caliper setup

mitsuguy

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thats just how semi-metallic brake pads sound sometimes...

here's the question, and unfortunately I don't have an answer as I'm not at work right now, but, did the vehicle come with ceramic pads or semi-metallic from the factory? if they came with ceramics, and semi-metallics were installed, then that is the problem... now, if it came with semi-metallic, and thats what is currently on the vehicle, you might just want to go ahead and do a brake job on it, consider replacing rotors as well...

Hartawan

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Man I am a noob, I dont know what these all mean haha. The brakes are whatever the RX came with, the cheapest material Lexus put on their cars I suppose. Tomorrow I am getting my oil changed at a shop and I will ask if they can check it for me.

PureDrifter

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not true, my LS for example came standard with ceramic pads...

Hartawan

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The guy told me that when they put the new pads on, it was not resurfaced and also that it couldve been aftermarket pad so its not perfect fitment?

PureDrifter

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who did the brakes last

if it was a lexus dealer id take it back immediately