Hi all,

My 82 Mini city failed its WOF because of knackered front wheel
bearings, so I stripped the hubs off it to replace them.  In the
process, I saw that the brake pads on the left front were perished,
with cracks that ran full width of the pad, and the right hand pads
were the same but worse, they actually had chunks of pad material
missing.

The biggest chunk that was missing ( @ the size of 2 thumbnails ) was
from the leading edge of the pad.

I've only had the car a year, and these pads came with, so I don't
know their history, and obviously they'll all be getting replaced, but
does anyone have any ideas as to why they look like this.  ( Are drum
brakes mean't to look like this? )

cheers

Don