Driving into work, turning off the main road I stabbed my brakes to test for iciness. Pedal dropped to the floor and RF wheel started growling. I finished the stop with the e-brake and parked at work.
Stabbed the pedal a few times and eventually it firmed back up! I thought for sure I had blown something hydraulic. Light of day came and I wasn't losing fluid.
Called wife, she brought a jack and tools and some extra brake pads.
This is what I found:
On the passenger side 90% of the lining just took off for points unknown. (7 o clock in these pictures.) Stabbing the pedal bent the metal backing against what was left of the lining. The brakes had felt ever so slightly spongy for a week or so, and I thought it might be time for a bleed and rear drum tightening, and front pin lubing.
Having fixed one side on a "smoke break" I drove home and did the other side to match, clean and lube the pins, and do a proper bed in of these sporty Hawk pads. (Thanks Critic for the deal alert!)
Taking the 2nd side apart both linings seperated from their backings as well! One of the linings was riding just on the outside edge of the rotor for a while as well. They looked great through the examination hole in my caliper!
I drive sanely and have had this car more than 7 years and never done front pads. Probably 40% lining remaining... but the glue had no life left!
This is not even the first time this has happened to me, my motorcycle drum brakes had the linings spinning round and round but were still getting sufficiently sandwiched for activation!
Forget worrying about asbestos, where is everyone getting this lousy glue??!?!
Stabbed the pedal a few times and eventually it firmed back up! I thought for sure I had blown something hydraulic. Light of day came and I wasn't losing fluid.
Called wife, she brought a jack and tools and some extra brake pads.
This is what I found:
On the passenger side 90% of the lining just took off for points unknown. (7 o clock in these pictures.) Stabbing the pedal bent the metal backing against what was left of the lining. The brakes had felt ever so slightly spongy for a week or so, and I thought it might be time for a bleed and rear drum tightening, and front pin lubing.
Having fixed one side on a "smoke break" I drove home and did the other side to match, clean and lube the pins, and do a proper bed in of these sporty Hawk pads. (Thanks Critic for the deal alert!)
Taking the 2nd side apart both linings seperated from their backings as well! One of the linings was riding just on the outside edge of the rotor for a while as well. They looked great through the examination hole in my caliper!
I drive sanely and have had this car more than 7 years and never done front pads. Probably 40% lining remaining... but the glue had no life left!
This is not even the first time this has happened to me, my motorcycle drum brakes had the linings spinning round and round but were still getting sufficiently sandwiched for activation!
Forget worrying about asbestos, where is everyone getting this lousy glue??!?!
