Brakes.

[joesmokabo]

There is a post that reminded me of this.


A friend of mine told me that she needed her brake pads replaced in the front of of her '88 Astro van. When she pulled up I could hear that they were metal on metal.
I pulled off the front right tire first and (I swear) Thee disc fell off the vehicle. She ran those pads so long that it wore her rotors down so far that hey seperated.
I kept that disc for a couple of years but I lost it while moving.

[way2old]

Had same thing on old ford pick up. Except they wore the rotor down and wore off the cooling fins on one side of rotor. Driver said noise started on his way to shop. He must have started to shop a long time ago.

[mkfinke]

same thing happened to a friend of mine. She said her brakes sounded "funny". when I checked them out, it turns out there were no pads... just the calipers on the rotors. :?

[re-tired]

Its scary how common this is . People will spend their last dollar to make their car faster . but will let brakes go till nothing . If one of these types ever hit me I hope, If I survive ,that they are heavly insured ,I have expensive taste in boats.

[gacyota]

I just had a rotor brought in to me that you guys will LOVE! I didn't bring my camera with me today, but i will snap a pic of it tomorow and share with the class.

[mytoyrolla]

i had a ford explorer come in on a tow truck, customer sead that she woz going down a hill and then she had no brakes and ended up rowling thru a red light at the bottom of the hill. she sead it had been makeing a funy noise for a few weeks now but she thort it woz just a stone in the brake. wen i removed the rare wheels the rotor on the R/R of the truck had worn right thru in the midle and had turned into two rotors and the reason that she had no brakes woz becuse the piston had come out of the caliper and all the brake fluid came out around it. i kept the rotor but it ended up geting throwen away acedentaly wen we were cleaning out the workshop one time.

[re-tired]

PLeeze tellme that yo grammer and spellin is part of the joke. :roll: :lol: