Worn brake pad...

[Jay H 237]

How's the rotor look where the pad was? If the rotor is scoured it will eat the new pad up also.

The calipers may be sticking and not "floating" like they should. Road debris, sand, salt, ect. can cause the calipers to drag at times. If the brakes had been replaced before then there's always the chance the rotor wasn't turned or that the rotor has become scoured up on that one side which ate the pad up over time. The rotors are thinner today then they used to be. Some of them are only able to be resurfaced once since there won't be enough thickness left for a second resurfacing down the road.


Some vehicles are known to "eat" brake pads up ([cough] Pontiac Grand Prix [cough] ) but the Tahoe isn't one of them that I know of.

[ebmonon36]

When my car did that, it was a warped rotor. I could feel it in the brake pedal - it would kind of shake a little up and down when I applied the brakes and then one day, I put on the brakes and I heard the remainder of the pad break off and the squeeling started....it was raining too.
Eric

[Mr.Fraggs]

sounds like warped brake rotor or bad calipers. see if your calipers are leaking any break fluid and make sure the rotor is totaly smooth ( as in like no bumps or one side warped out or soemthing)