It started happening without the brakes being touched, the pad seated correctly as noted by the ridge on the pad, weird.
My Capri 2.8iâ fronts use to do that in the 80s.
Standard Ford rotors were just not up to my style of driving.
Itâs common disc warping /cast flaws by the looksâŚnot forgetting they are all only cheap cast iron.
I fitted Tarox grooved eventually which ate pads even if I bedded them in by the bookâŚbut it was less hassle changing them.
Capri Club Int. did a discounted line in Mintex âwhateversâ and they proved really goodâŚuntil I lunched 'em.
Not forgetting these cars only had front rotors, drums rear, and in addition mine was a professionally engineered Vulcan-Burton steel mill at 3,100ccâŚwith too much power for the old single leaf sprung chassis. 
Despite all that, the Capri remained hopelessly underbraked.
WhichâŚmade it âinterestingâ.
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It does if you look closely. The outer part of the pad is lower than the rest, hence the ridge on the disc.
But why is a little mystery perhaps.
Fits on the disc nicely and the wear pattern says it was fitted ok. Flipped over you can see the step which contacted the rusty lip.
As I say it just started doing this around 2 years ago, why is a mystery.
Finally got around to stripping the front brakes on the SEAT daily driver. I visually checked them before buying the rear discs/pads and they looked fine. Well a strip clean and lube in the right places revealed plenty of pad left, discs in good nick, not bad for 35k miles
Gave it an oil change too and reset the oil/inspection reminder which popped up a couple of days ago.
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