> So I knew I needed brake pads. Yesterday when I was stopped at a light, I heard a > metal clunking noise and started roll forward. I drove home very carefully. I got the > wheel off and the pad was completely gone. The caliper was directly on the rotor. I > have never seen that before. I should have taken a pic. Oh and I fought to get the > piston on the caliber pushed back in with my handy dandy c clamp. It had gone to far > out when the pad fell off. Well it was way too much fun on this Sunday.
Was it a GM vehicle? Some of the floater calipers can let the pad go when they get too thin... Be very careful with that!
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