myfinalcoffinx Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 "woah" I said as I pulled these suckers out today. I knew something was up, and I finally had the time to investigate- and just in time. Luckily no severe damage to the rotor, but if this isn't a well-loved brake pad, I don't know what is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesley willis Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 it's not really even a pad, more like a wafer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 I'd check the rotors out REALLY carefully. Was there metal on metal contact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4WDFrenzy Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 WOW!!! I'm glad that you didn't get into any "emergency stop" situations. That could've ended up really ugly. Stick a fork in those pads 'cause they are DONE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyewdall Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Yikes. I've done that before, and actually broke the caliper because the pad was so worn out (according to the shop). I am more inclined to believe that breaking the caliper was due to hitting a large rock with that wheel while four wheeling through a snow covered creek, but in any case, I had to replace the pads, caliper, and rotor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Heh, I wouldnt worry about the rotors too much. I've had a few cars that I bought, only reason why they were sold to me was because the brakes made "funny" noises. Come to find out, on 3 of them, the pads had worn down completely to the backing plate and chewed the hell out of the rotors. One rotor was paper thin on the inner surface. On Haggard, I ran it with the original rotors until a few weeks ago. I was chewin through brake pads, but they'd still work. Either way, its 25 bucks a rotor for new ones. just make sure your calipers will screw back in before you toss out the old pads. I had one caliper that was seized up, so I had to keep using the old pads til I had money for a used caliper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby_boucher Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 We had a customer come in and said his brakes were making funny noises...the caliper piston had worn all the way through on side of the rotor and when we told the kids mom what we found she told us that "right when it starting making weird noises he brought it in" .... i call bs there had to of been really harsh noises before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffast Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 my hcevy ate a rotor about six months ago the clue's it gave me for the last 500 miles of it's life were metal shavings every where loud grinding while breaking voilent tremors through the brake pedal and a mild case of nausea this had nothing to do with the brakes oh yeah those are certainly some well loved brake pads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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