Tribute/Escape Brakes

[Mark52]

My wife's '03 Tribute is closing in on 50K miles and I decided to take a look at the front brake pads last night. The pads will need replacement soon, but the rotors look like they will have to me replaced, also! The rotor surface is evenly, but deeply worn and there is a 1/8" ridge of unworn material around the outside edge where the pads don't contact the rotor. Does anybody know if this is normal? Kind of sucks if you have to replace the rotors with every pad change!

[Miatamoto]

My wife's '03 Tribute is closing in on 50K miles and I decided to take a look at the front brake pads last night. The pads will need replacement soon, but the rotors look like they will have to me replaced, also! The rotor surface is evenly, but deeply worn and there is a 1/8" ridge of unworn material around the outside edge where the pads don't contact the rotor. Does anybody know if this is normal? Kind of sucks if you have to replace the rotors with every pad change!

That's how the brakes on the M3 wore and yes, you had to change the rotors with every pad change.

[Mark52]

That's how the brakes on the M3 wore and yes, you had to change the rotors with every pad change.

Probably right. I just saw a reference to "like BMW brakes" on a Tribute forum.