I changed my brakes this weekend and I noticed that the pads on the inside where wore down pretty good, but the outer ones looked brand new. I know this isn't normal, Anyone have an idea of what's going on?

 

where do you live?

It could be a suspect of several things ...
- Corrosion. Could be the salt / wet weather ripping away.
- Uneven pressure. If your brake lines are filled with air, your calipers will fire off at different pressures. (frequent ABS triggering too)

 

To me it seems the most likely thing is the caliper slider pins are dirty/corroded & need to be cleaned so they slide properly.

Also...
Make sure the steel backing plates of the new pads slide nicely into the caliper bracket. Sometimes I have to file a little so they fit nice. (Usually it's not much more than the thickness of the paint.)

 

what are caliper slider pins? do you mean the Caliper bolts? I have a 97 Honda Accord LX 4dr. I do need to changed my brake fluid I checked it when I changed my brakes. Could dirty brake fluid cause this? I also noticed that the inter part of my front tiers where faded more then the out part o the tier. I get my tiers rotated every time I get my oil change which is 3K-4k miles.

 

Exactly. That happened to me and one of the pins actually got welded to the caliper mounting bracket because it had so much damn corrosion.

Buy a caliper rebuild kit (only like $20 from Honda) and put new boots on for the slider pins.

 

They're #14 & #15. As you apply the brakes, the piston pushes on the inboard pad only. That causes the entire caliper to slide inwards, which pulls on the outboard pad. If those pins are seized inside the caliper bracket then the caliper can't slide.


Brake fluid won't cause the cliper slide pins to seize. Old brake fluid might cause the piston to seize in the caliper. Or maybe corrosion in the master cylinder.

But take the calipers back off, & take the slide pins out. Clean them up, if they're corroded, replace them. Get some caliper grease, lube them up, & put em back together. If you want to get a caliper seal kit (#1), then you'll HAVE to drain & refill the brake fluid. Do you know how to bleed the brakes?

Tires wearing out on the inside shoulders is an alignment problem. Camber or toe can cause that.

 

JimBlake, Thanks for the great info! You think it's the boots and pins. Ok I'll check them out this weekend. How much Quartz will it take to do a good brake flush? and I'll get my car alignmen this weekend as well, since am sure I can't do that my self.

Also can you take a look at another thread I posted to see if you can help me out please.

h**p://www.honda-acura.net/forums/showthread.php?t=242021

 

maybe a quart will be enough for a FULL brake flush.
remember to use strictly honda oem brake fluid.

 

Your tire wear is uneven because your camber is off...
You prob need to replace the bushings in the suspension components...
Not sure if Accord has adjustable camber from the factory, I know Civic's do not...