Tropper Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) 2010 Dodge Journey Just had my rear pads & disks changed. I now see that the wear marks on the rear disks are about 1/2 inch smaller in dia. that the front pads cause. Is this normal? It looks like they (dealership) put on smaller brake pads. Thoughts? Edited September 2, 2014 by Tropper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtsr Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Yes rears are typically smaller than the fronts. Most of the brake load is carried by front assys. jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 2010 Dodge Journey Just had my rear pads & disks changed. I now see that the wear marks on the rear disks are about 1/2 inch smaller in dia. that the front pads cause. Is this normal? It looks like they (dealership) put on smaller brake pads. Thoughts? One thing to keep this from ever happening again is to request the old parts. Then you can confirm parts were actually replaced and compare if you think they somehow used different parts. Now I know this cannot be a 100% foolproof method, but it keeps them honest. If you find a shop that will go as far as handing you over some junk yard part just to give you something, then they got a lot more problems than just shoddy wormanship going on. 2late4u and rolly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropper Posted September 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Thanks Good advice. I think they put on the right parts due to I looked a another 2010 Journey today and it had the same wear pattern on the rear rotors. They have a smaller pad on the rear that they have on the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Thanks Good advice. I think they put on the right parts due to I looked a another 2010 Journey today and it had the same wear pattern on the rear rotors. They have a smaller pad on the rear that they have on the front. Yes. That is fairly standard since the front brakes do probably 80% of the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ZINGA Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 All cars are designed with large front brake pads and rotors, for precisely the reason jkeaton noted. jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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