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Originally Posted by Mustang_man298
Your caliper slides are either seized or getting close, making the pad opposite the piston drag, make sure they get cleaned well and lubed lightly with caliper lube. Even just being dry and dirty can cause them to not release correctly. Sticking slides cause one pad to wear out faster, sticking pistons will cause even but rapid wear on both sides, and usually overheating.
When I got into unseizing the brakes on the 80 (sat for 4 yrs in a backyard, I touched the pedal once and the wheels locked solid, made it interesting getting it off the trailer) I purged the MC by using an old large syringe I keep in my toolbox, slurped out the first side and slipped a good sized needle thru the top of the divider wall to get the rest, "powerwashed" the bottom and sides with new fluid in the syringe to break loose the sediment and then slurped it again. Worked pretty well.
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To this point - sometimes you may even have to use a file to get all the old rust off. Then sand smooth, and coat with something like SylGlide. On all parts that touch. It's a silicone based caliper slide compound.