Talk about subjects not related to music or gear. Please keep discussions civil and follow the GGF rules of conduct at all times. Political and religious topics are not allowed.
Holy Carp!!! Was on the hi-way, Friday, and I hit the brakes and the pedal went to the floor, The bells in the dash went off and I felt flush with fear. On the exit I tried the emer. brake and heard a big clunk and the fear doubled. I pushed the brake pedal onto the floor, downshifted to 2nd( its an auto) and was able to stop the truck.
Truck is a one ton utility cab with a 9' utility box on it. Limped home the back way and got it into the driveway. Tore into it and found mucho destruction. Rotors- gone. Pads- way gone. EM brakes- gone.
Lots of weight on that truck. Calendar marked for next year to check pads.
I think I was lucky not having an accident.
Brake pads went down so far, the caliper piston blew out and all the brake fluid with it.
Rampage wrote:Oh, you can't play guitar because of your cats? What's next, you don't have sex with your wife because your vagina is acting up?
K-Bizzle wrote:There comes a point in every young mans life when he forsakes the skittles and mountain dew of his childhood for the beer and reese's of manhood.
Yep-its a work truck. And its my worktruck. I am the biz owner. And, right now, its my only vehicle. Will call the neighbor this AM for a ride to get parts and have a mechanic lined up for this PM. In my dirt driveway.
That happened to me last year when my brake fluid was low. I was able to stop but it wasn't as fast as it should be. Scary stuff indeed
For Sale SD Strat Hot Rail Dimarzio Tone Zone-Black F Spaced Dimarzio Air Norton-Black F Spaced Digitech Bad Monkey
Sasquatch wrote:I once took a dump that hurt so bad my body released endorphins. I got real sweaty and lightheaded and to keep from passing out, took all my clothes off in the stall I was using...at work. Just standing there naked and wondering what happened. I had to take leave and go home bc in the process of taking my clothes off I apparently didn't unbutton my shirt and instead ripped it off.
Marc G wrote:holy shit... that is literally my biggest fear when driving.. you're damn lucky nothing bad happened...
I hear ya. Earlier this year I was on the highway going about 55 mph. I floored it and the gas pedal stayed on the floor. I pressed on the brake pedal with my left foot and tried to wedge my right foot underneath the gas pedal to break it loose. I was just about ready to give up and shift to neutral when the gas pedal broke loose.
At least my brakes worked, lol. Not having brakes with downshifting being the only option would be scary indeed. I'm surprised that hasn't happened to me yet.
Cameron Amps wrote:He's right....I think VTMs sound great....go get one. No nos tubes needed.
When the pedal went to the floor- you counldn't push a pin in my puckered poopshoot
Hey Ovi- are the more expensive rotors(high performance) any better quality steel?
Big difference in some of the pricing
Yup, that's the theory.
The cheapest ones are usually made in china and vary from absolute crap to perfectly fine. The mid grades range from MIC to MIA and are usually really good. The high end ones are MIA and usually really good. I don't know the technical differences, but I've always assumed it was a better grade of steel as well.
I do know that I try and avoid selling the cheapest rotors on larger trucks & vans as they tend to warp a bit and give you pulsation. It doesn't mean you need the fanciest wagner's either though.
Rampage wrote:Oh, you can't play guitar because of your cats? What's next, you don't have sex with your wife because your vagina is acting up?
K-Bizzle wrote:There comes a point in every young mans life when he forsakes the skittles and mountain dew of his childhood for the beer and reese's of manhood.
Some of those rotors have rows of holes drilled in them(to cool faster?)
Not sure, however, in hindsight, this was my fault for not keeping up with maintenace on this heavy bucket of bolts!
So far, I'm in for about 400 in parts, but mechanic will give me a good hourly rate and he's doing the house call. I know if I took it in it would be 1600-1800
My cousin had this happen in his Kenworth a few years back - he found out he had no brakes when a small car tried to turn left in front of him on the highway with not much extra room to spare. I think it's a bit easier to go down gears/use the jake brake in a big semi, but I don't think he really had time for that and ended up pumping the e-brake to come to a stop
Personally the only time I had something like that happen was when I got my tire changed on my bike one time. They didn't pump the brake pedal to get the pads back in place after putting the wheel back on so I had to do that myself after discovering I had no rear brakes a little ways down the road on my way home. Rear brakes on a bike are next to useless anyways though so it was no biggie. If the fronts had the same thing happen that might've been a problem...
I was hauling a load in on my huge flatbed and had about 8,000lbs worth of produce on the back tearing down to the cooler.
Blew through a stop sign at about 40-50mph, shit down both legs and the. Immediately split the axle to low gearing, forced the stick into 2nd gear while grinding/roasting syncros (lol, it sounded worse than it was) and got the truck down to about 5mph and ran it into a field full of dirt to slow it to a stop.
Turns out the truck, unbeknownst to me has the hydrovac braking system which essentially has a booster on the firewall and a booster hidden down in the frame rails.
When you bleed the system, the hydrovac attached to the frame rails needs to be bled as well. Oops.
Bled it in the field and off we went. No problems since.
)
Damn, it's HOT everywhere.
