Re: PT Cruiser 2001 - Brakes (Autozone)

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 "Just Me (remove <nospam> to reply)" 
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> Ok here's the problem.
> 
> I've changed my own brakes forever and never had this problem.  I got 
> new rotors and pads at Autozone.  Then about 6 months in I started 
> hearing a grinding or groaning sound while braking.
> 
> I looked at the pads and they had tons of life.  I looked at the rotors 
> and they were smooth.  Nothing seemed wrong.  I wen on driving for a 
> year plus more just living with it as it seemed to stop well and it 
> wasn't warn out.
> 
> I finally gave up and decided to get my rotors turned as they seemed 
> weirdly worn.  The pad wore a groove the entire size of the pad into the

> rotor.  On other cars they seem to wear all the way out to the edge of 
> the rotor I think.  This looked odd.  But, I turned them to totally flat

>   again and got new pads (for free because of lifetime warranty.)
> 
> I installed them all and viola, the noise was gone.  Cool.
> 
> Then about 2 months later the groaning is back.  There is no deep groove

> yet but they are wearing out the same.
> 
> A couple of questions:
> 
> Do others see that PT rotors wear out this way?  Wide groove.

Nope.

> Would the drum brakes in the back have anything to do with this?  

Possibly

> There  is no noise back there and I haven't changed them in all this
time. 
> They hardly wear out fast.

Maybe the wheel cylinder pistons are seized and they're not 
working at all.
 
> Might these just be bad rotors?  Soft like silly putty?

The cheapy third world produced rotors are like that.
> 
> Don't want to reinvent the wheel (pun intended) or spend a ton on the
car.

Does 'it's your brakes' play into this at all?