Author Topic: some crazy *** that happened to my brothers scirocco (Read 5411 times)

RabbitJockey · « **on:** February 18, 2007, 07:07:50 am »

some how the pad got passed the carrier and rubbed against the center of the rotor...

SMOKEYDUB · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2007, 07:09:19 am »

I have seen that many times def not good

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2007, 07:16:23 am »

really? everyone else is like omgzor how'd that happen, and i'm like i dunno. haha we heard grinding, and figured it was snow underneath the car lol, till we got out and looked and there was no snow, i figured it was his brakes, lol so i told him just drive it home we'll fix it in the morning.

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2007, 07:16:44 am »

oh yeah, do you understand how that happened? i don't get it

SMOKEYDUB · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2007, 09:44:49 am »

usually the caliper fixture is worn out and it lets the pad rest on that part of the rotor or if the pad has a stainles steel squeal backing plate and it came off and started rubbing or the pad got so worn down it slipped in betweent the space inbetweent the rotor and tha pad

LeeG · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2007, 08:33:43 pm »

Are you sure that the caliper carrier is the right model for that disk? from the last 2 pictures, it looks like the caliper surface is even with the edge of the carrier where the pad guide ends. In other words, the carrier is for a wider disk, as the pads wore down and moved inwards, they just fell off the carrier.

RabbitJockey · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2007, 04:32:48 pm »

i know what you're saying, but once it was all back together it looked normal again... cause i notcied the same thing as you, my original thought was that the carrier came loose

jtanguay · « **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:01:22 pm »

during some pretty hard braking maybe the force of the rotor drove the pad onto itself... lol extremely hard braking though!!! :twisted:

AdAm84 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:14:41 pm »

that's crazy. :shock: i've never heard of that happening to anybody

Author Topic: some crazy *** that happened to my brothers scirocco (Read 5411 times)

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