Ok, so after a few months owning the car I noticed that the brakes started to grind so I thought that the pads needed replacing, so set about doing this. Fronts now have mintex pads and rears have ferodo pads and the grinding has gone.

 

My question is this -

Do Skoda OEM pads look like this with the cut outs at each side?

 

The brake supplier (a brake specialist) said they looked like they had been cut with a grinder and had never seen anything like it before, my mechanic disagrees! 

 

Any advice as these were the same on all pads front and rear..

 

(The pics are the same pad just different angles!)

 

Edited 19 May, 20179 yr by 64VRS

They may be intended to give a visible/acoustic  indication of pad wear.

The groove is normal, A slot that is ground down into the pad usually in the centre is used to prevent cracking, reduce tangential stiffness, reduce fade, and clean corrosion off the rotor.

I think the poster is referring to the reduced pad thicknesses on both sides of the friction material.

Thanks for the reply but the groove is not the issue @MoggyTech, it's either end where there is a noticeable difference that is the issue as @gregoir said!

7 minutes ago, 64VRS said:

Thanks for the reply but the groove is not the issue @MoggyTech, it's either end where there is a noticeable difference that is the issue as @gregoir said!

Ah right my bad. Still looks like every OEM pad I have seen though.

2 minutes ago, MoggyTech said:

Ah right my bad. Still looks like every OEM pad I have seen though.

 

No worries @MoggyTech might not have been clear in my post 

 

The brake pads I have fitted have a slight angle at the edges but nothing anywhere near as severe as the above pics! Plus the comments about them being cut! 

"Brake specialist" eh? 

This looks very strainge, is the other pad worn in the same manner. Sliding calipers do funny things if the sliders are partialy seized.  It causes the pad to move on one side and causes the wear on one side of the pad. I have seen one pad nearly new and the other pad down to the wear indicator when both sliders are sized. 

 

What normally causes this is jet washing, the brakes.

 

As this car is new however it could be dodgy brake components, or pads, anythings a possibility.  If the other pad is the opposite to this somthings up with the caliper.

Not sure i'm seeing what the issue is here. If they had been cut with a grinder (er, wtf?!), then credit where it's due, those are some amazingly precise grinding skills! 

2 hours ago, James@Pentagon_Seat said:

"Brake specialist" eh? 

 

Specialist, i think is more the fact that that is all they sell.. seem to know what they were talking about in general! They were recommended!

 

1 hour ago, Alpha2110 said:

This looks very strainge, is the other pad worn in the same manner. Sliding calipers do funny things if the sliders are partialy seized.  It causes the pad to move on one side and causes the wear on one side of the pad. I have seen one pad nearly new and the other pad down to the wear indicator when both sliders are sized. 

 

What normally causes this is jet washing, the brakes.

 

As this car is new however it could be dodgy brake components, or pads, anythings a possibility.  If the other pad is the opposite to this somthings up with the caliper.

 

Don't know if the pad the other side is the same, only kept this one as had to exchange one of the pads!

 

Might be the jet washing..I have been a bit of a cheat!  Gonna knock them on the head and see how I get on! Try the 'two bucket' approach! Maybe try foam washing when I get my Karcher.. check the pads in a few months!

 

if it was the calipers/sliders is this something I could have taken up with Lookers?

 

1 hour ago, village said:

Not sure i'm seeing what the issue is here. If they had been cut with a grinder (er, wtf?!), then credit where it's due, those are some amazingly precise grinding skills! 

 

They didn't say that's what had been done, just what it looked like! No idea what OEM pads look like to compare! 

 

Im seriously clueless when it comes to cars, which I why I'm on this forum a lot..