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Old 03-08-2006, 02:03 PM   #1
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rear brake going bad

I have less than 30,000 miles on my spectra and my rear brakes are going bad, the fron brakes are fine. I take it in to Kia and they tell me the rear brakes are suppose to wear first. I have never heard of such a thing, front brakes on cars are the primary brake, what the hell is this?
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Old 03-09-2006, 11:18 PM   #2
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Re: rear brake going bad

same thing happened to mine. didn't make any sense to me either being it's front wheel drive. I am just trying someone to help me get the rear caliper off so I can change the pads.
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Re: rear brake going bad

What part are you having trouble with? The caliper is bolted on
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Old 03-12-2006, 10:42 PM   #4
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Re: rear brake going bad

I took the 2 bolts off the calipers and the 2 off the dust cover but it still wouldn't budge.
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Old 03-17-2006, 02:05 PM   #5
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Re: rear brake going bad

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I have less than 30,000 miles on my spectra and my rear brakes are going bad, the fron brakes are fine. I take it in to Kia and they tell me the rear brakes are suppose to wear first. I have never heard of such a thing, front brakes on cars are the primary brake, what the hell is this?
That is the way the new spectras are.

VWs are the same way.
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