brake pads

[Tubs5815]

Ok I wrecked my Solara back in October and got it back in December. I know that's along time to not have it but it wasn't me fixing it and that guy is extremely slow. It really didn't have that much damage to it either. The front right fender was torn all to you know what and the nose was busted. The suspension was all wacked out as well like the A-frame was broken in half and the axel was broken in half. The guy said he fixed it all back to better than new and I thought so too. It looks really and I'm happy with it. Up until here a couple of days ago the breaks started to sqeal alot. I checked it out and the pads were worn down to barely nothing and had even started to grind into the rotor. Today I had the pads replaced and the rotor turned. Do you guys think that the accident and it being put together wrong or something made those pads wear down so quickly. Btw I had just put a new set of pads a month before the accident so it couldn't just be time to change them normally. Since the accident I have probably put around 1500 miles on it. If you guys could just give me insight on what you think it could be whether it's something wrong with the braking system or just normal wear on the pads.

[impactX]

May be the piston on the caliper is siezed.

[Tubs5815]

They checked that out too and it moved in and out fine. I stood there and watched them do it so they couldn't just be saying that.

[Mole]

what type of brake pads were you using?

the shop may have swaped them. why? i have no idea...

[DavPak]

yeah, find out what pads went on there.

also, make sure your rear brakes are adjusted properly, if they're not then the fronts will do all the braking and hence wear out faster.

[Jai_Jai_Binks]

1500miles is too early for pads being changed..on my Es it went up to 75K before the pads were replaced! My guess is that someone didn't do a good at the bodyshop..or they replaced the pads..eithercase you know where to blame!