Just another Mishap

[HotCtyPlaya]

Well I have had the sounds of my brakes grinding driving me nuts lately and I have been tryin to get them repaired as I have never done so myself before. Well today was that day in which I finally got a hold of my mechanic (in which I know personally) and we were going to take care of it today. But low and behold on the way home from work last night *snap* yeah there goes the neighborhood...a red light and the brakes just ain't working. Now one side was giving me grinding so I knew I had at least some brakes there but again..the red light magically overwhelmed them and I wound up in the middle of a damn intersection. First instinct is to hit the gas which is a good idea I find out in the end cause I am still alive ...well lets just say I trailor queened my truck for a couple minutes and got it home...it is now on a jack and the brakes gotta be fixed....I ain't no magical genius or mechanically inclined person of the sort as far as I know as of yet..so there will be pictures to follow this post and I hope you guys will be willing to help me out...I have a general idea of what has to be done...but at the same time...i don't lol...u know what I mean...its not a system...and that scares me lmao...

 

[sapogmxr]

Holly SH*t! Good thing your ok.. I would love to have had video of that. Running through an intersection with no brakes. Gotta make light of the story..

 

[HotCtyPlaya]

lol go make light of the story and get yer ass over here and help me out damnit....

 

[checkedout]

You'll need a good fabric cleaner to start with! LOL! Sounds like you'll need new brake pads and rotors. Hopefully that'll be it.

 

[HotCtyPlaya]

yeah well we got under there and couldn't get the damn rotor off...the caliper is frozen we are pretty sure also...

bushing is shot too we saw...so hey looks like i will let the real mechanic get his hands on it...unless there is something i missed for gettin the rotor off...and if half of the hub housing supposed to remain in the wheel when i take the wheel off???lol i think im ####ed..

 

[sapogmxr]

id let the reall mechanic do it.. You dont want it happening again..

 

[HotCtyPlaya]

new brakes for the X up front...that's the bottom line..i mine as well since its reptty ####ed up and the other sides pads...well they aren't to nice either ...

pads..cals....rotors...and pins (of course)