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What’s up in TheCarConnection’s garage this week? Resident gearhead Bob Weber lets you in on a little secret club racers have been bitching about for years. Neons eat brakes—and one reader’s none too pleased. “I replace one set of fronts on my ‘99 Malibu to three sets of fronts on my ‘98 Plymouth Voyager while my 2 Neons get about 12,000 miles on a set of front pads.”
Weber, always the humanitarian, ministers to the poor sap. “I’m biting my lip tongue to keep from saying ‘I told you so.’”
There’s more sympathy inside this week’s Ask a Mechanic. Well, not really.
ASK A MECHANIC: MARCH 15, 2007—TheCarConnection.com
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By Nate L. | Posted: Mar 16th 2007, 03:00:58 AM
Having owned a 2003 Neon SXT as well as currently owning a 2005 SRT-4 I have found that my old SXT seemed to have too much front brake bias, causing the front brakes to wear exceptionally fast. After 60,000mi I checked the rear drum brakes and they were less than half warn; meanwhile the front brakes were changed about 3 times. I changed the rear drums using a softer pad compound, and not only did that improve overall braking performance, but it improved front pad life.
As a side note, I have 25,000mi on my SRT-4 and both the front and back pads are still working with plenty of pad left.
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