Re: It only "just" started making noise!

by chevellelaguna Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:07 pm

Hahaaha nice one! No brake pedal...I bet! I think the caliper piston is harder than the pads..or backing! That's a different color spark when the piston is in the rotor!!

by 77mali Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:29 pm

dynchel wrote:
So this came in Tuesday with no brake pedal.... The rotor go so thin the piston came out of the bore. No vehicle inspection in Ohio gives us entertaining pics like this.

Wow! That might be a record, did you measure how thick it was? I'm shocked that there seems to be no scoring on that rotor.

by dynchel Thu Apr 02, 2015 9:33 pm

The other side has the scoring.

by Hawk03 Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:21 am

by dynchel Fri May 29, 2015 6:57 pm

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This came in today....

by Mcarlo77 Fri May 29, 2015 7:16 pm

What are we looking at, John?

by dynchel Fri May 29, 2015 7:18 pm

It doesn't play? Click on it, its a video.

by dynchel Thu May 12, 2016 3:48 pm

It only "just" started making noise! - Page 3 IMG_20160512_091122416_zpsghdnwoo9

the most thought out hack I've ever seen. They even used muffler putty.
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by thatfnthing Thu May 12, 2016 4:39 pm

I've never seen anything like that. What is it and what's it supposed to do?

by dynchel Thu May 12, 2016 6:05 pm

It was a Subaru Forester. My guess is the muffler fell off & this was their "temperory" fix.

by 77mali Thu May 12, 2016 6:16 pm

It looks like a top to a chain link fence post w/ some drill holes...that's awesome! LOL
Laughing

by thatfnthing Fri May 13, 2016 9:19 am

Wow. Won't the neighbor be surprised when he sees part of his fence missing. Smile

So all the exhaust was supposed to come out those 3 little holes? How did the car even run?

by impalamonte Fri May 13, 2016 10:54 am

My first thought was "low buck" cutouts.....LMAO

by bigredlaguna Fri May 13, 2016 9:39 pm

There is another muffler on the other side. The exhaust is probably a single pipe at some point so all the exhaust just goes through the remaining muffler.

BTW, I'm now scared of chevy 2500's. I mean, damn, I just can't understand how brakes can get that bad and not be that noticeable to the driver.

by alowerlevel Sat May 14, 2016 12:19 am

bigredlaguna wrote:BTW, I'm now scared of chevy 2500's. I mean, damn, I just can't understand how brakes can get that bad and not be that noticeable to the driver.

All depends on the driver, I had one (forget what kinda car it was, some kinda import) that said "the brakes started feeling funny"........ the rotors were worn through so much the cooling vanes were showing..... affraid

by bigredlaguna Sat May 14, 2016 1:06 am

I guess people get used to the degradation of braking performance over time. I remember when I did a brake job for one of my co-workers, he told me that he almost hit his forehead on the steering wheel when he jabbed on the brakes like he was used to. All I did was resurface the rotors and new pads/shoes, but it was a dramatic difference for him.

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