Getting the most out of brake pads..

[wendigo]

Depends on how scored youre disks are. If they're badly scored, what you don't want is the scoring from the inside of the disks to be replicated on the outside of the disks & visa versa via the pads.

[Motu]

I'm with imdying - uneven pad wear is an indication of a problem.You have just been supplied with a clue...you may not of had a clue before,but now use the one you have.

[bugjuice]

i agree that excessive wear is a problem, but (I exaggerated about the few mm's, it's probably not even a mil, but just a small difference) I can't see how 4 individual pots pushing 4 individual pads would wear exactly the same from left to right, front to back of the same caliper..

[The Stranger:Me]

Buy some new ones you cheap bastard...

Yeah but the first time was born out of necessity (on a weekend). After that I just though hey why waste money?

[T.W.R]

The larger amount of wear should be at the rear of the caliper on the pads, its directly related to the rotation of the wheel. The leading edge(rear) of the pad recieves the greater amount of friction & heat compared to the trailing edge (front).

But hey it can't be any worse than this scenario:
many many moons ago i had a XS750 that at the time i thought was the bee's knees (hey i was only 18) but on the first ride i over cooked it heading into a bend hit the anchors hard, came sliding to a stop with the brakes locked up, next thing this bloody big black hunk of shit fires out the front of the bike & the brakes started making a shit of a noise.
so i stopped hopped off the bike & went to check this black thing, mmm a large hunk of clutch friction plate the cheap bastard had worn all the pads down to the backing plates and then glued chunks friction plate on to the brake pad backing plates !!!!
beat that for bloody stupid

[Motu]

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I’ll say it clear,
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain.

I’ve lived a life that’s full.
I’ve traveled each and ev’ry highway;
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way

[R6_kid:Me]

motu, you know far too many songs off by heart!

Hey buggy, you reckon it might be because the fluid is being delivered on the inside of the caliper and therefore pushes on the inside first, then the built up pressure squeezes through to the other side (equalises)and starts to push on the other pad resulting in more wear on the inside than the outside (vice versa for me on the rear caliper)

I had the same thing, but seeing that the ones on the front of mine had been soaking in fork oil for some time now i decided to replace them with EBC HH (fully sintered) pads the other week. Now that i have got the new fork seals in there is a noticeable improvement in braking performance - especially at higher speeds. They are going to eat through my discs faster but meh, they are going to be getting replaced sometime later in the year anyway.

[imdying]

If yours are dragging after having fork oil over the brakes, it might be that the fork oil has made the seals swell slightly, causing the pistons to drag.

There is no 'equalization of pressure' to speak of inside calipers, that isn't the cause of uneven wear.