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where oh where did it go?
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:06 pm
by KizzULeh
sup
i went 4 a wheel with my asian brodda
and one of his brake pads fell off!!
we couldnt find in the mud and had to limp home.
has this every happened to anyone else and wat could be the cause.
cheers in advance u sxc beasts!!
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:16 pm
by Spike_Sierra
loose wheel bearings...
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:26 pm
by Dee
yep it happened to me.
There was nothing left of the brake pads, and one fell out, causing the piston to over-extend resulting in loss of brake fluid = no brakes. tow truck ride home.
New brake pads all round & all fixed. Although since then I have adjusted wheel bearings. So not sure if that maybe contributed to me losing a brake pad as spike_sierra suggests...?
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:30 pm
by nicbeer
yep same here.
Didnt notice as it happened whilst offroad. had to use gears and handbrake all way home.
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:43 pm
by KizzULeh
nicbeer wrote:yep same here.
Didnt notice as it happened whilst offroad. had to use gears and handbrake all way home.
yea same here. he only used the brake 2wice the whole way home. 30 minutes or so.
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:50 pm
by MUD-PIGSIERRA
Yeah once in my old Sierra dropped out when I was reversing out of the car park one day, had to drive home in back streets going slow didnt know or think it was the brake pads though till when I got home and I went and looked around the car to work out my lack of brakes...
Then twice in my current Sierra one fell out of the rear in my current Sierra when I was dropping my mate home one day I knew what it was but we couldn't find it on the road any where. So I put it down to running the pads to low as the rear has no movement like the front does with worn or bad wheel bearings... This was a year or two back, then early this year on a muddy trip out another one fell out of the rear in some heavy mud action couldn't find it anywhere....
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:28 pm
by BlueSuzy
That has happened to me once, lost one whil i was braking to turn then pop ting ting argh crap! So i drove home creeping through backstreets, Lucky i was 1min from home! Then found out it was my pads!!!
Must be a "Sierra Thing" Bit like "A Jeep Thing"
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:42 pm
by Gwagensteve
I've seen it happen. It was quite exciting as it was on a super steep descent. Check the discs are within spec and the anti rattle plates are installed between the caliper and the pad. They're only thin but you do need them.
Steve.
4wd park
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:50 pm
by KizzULeh
wat do they look like?
do u have a pic or anything
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:58 pm
by Gwagensteve
They are stainless shims that sit between the piston/caliper and the pad.
You'll know they're there.
Steve.
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:29 am
by KizzULeh
thanks ill have a look