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I have been lurking around these boards recently and am experiencing the same brake dust buildup on my rear wheels as a number of you are.
No firm answer to why this is happening has been put forward but I believe I have found it.
I used to ice-race in my old VW diesel and use left foot braking to induce oversteer. This means applying the brakes at the same time as applying the gas so that you lock up the rears while using the engine to overpower the front brakes and keep forward momentum. This is one of the reasons why I bought a base-model non-ABS/EBD Mazda 3 because this driving technique does not work on ABS-equipped cars.
Usually when left-foot braking the engine will bog slightly before you get the correct amount of throttle dialed in to overpower the front brakes. I attempted a left-foot braking manoeuvre this morning and was caught off-guard when the rears locked up immediately at only the slightest application of the brakes. The engine did not bog either.
This means that the rear pads are either closer to the discs than the front pads, making them bite first, or the braking system is improperly calibrated and is sending too much pressure to the rear. In everyday light traffic you generally don't use much pressure on the brake pedal, which means that your rear brakes are doing almost all the work during your daily driving!
I am writing this at work and intend to go to the dealer as soon as I finish.
No firm answer to why this is happening has been put forward but I believe I have found it.
I used to ice-race in my old VW diesel and use left foot braking to induce oversteer. This means applying the brakes at the same time as applying the gas so that you lock up the rears while using the engine to overpower the front brakes and keep forward momentum. This is one of the reasons why I bought a base-model non-ABS/EBD Mazda 3 because this driving technique does not work on ABS-equipped cars.
Usually when left-foot braking the engine will bog slightly before you get the correct amount of throttle dialed in to overpower the front brakes. I attempted a left-foot braking manoeuvre this morning and was caught off-guard when the rears locked up immediately at only the slightest application of the brakes. The engine did not bog either.
This means that the rear pads are either closer to the discs than the front pads, making them bite first, or the braking system is improperly calibrated and is sending too much pressure to the rear. In everyday light traffic you generally don't use much pressure on the brake pedal, which means that your rear brakes are doing almost all the work during your daily driving!
I am writing this at work and intend to go to the dealer as soon as I finish.