Wow, my brake pad fell off

cbxweb

cbxweb

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My brake pad was on its way out, it and it started to munch on my rotor on friday, so I didnt drive this weekend at all, but I been broke ever since my work equipment was jacked, but just got back in the field 2 weeks ago, so pay day is friday. I had to wait it out even though I knew I should replace it immediatetly.

So tonight, my friend and I went to go get a quick bite to eat, as I was leaving the parking lot, I heard something metal hit the concrete and my brake pedal went to the floor. I froze for a second because I knew exactly what it was, put it in park, and went out outside, and yep, it was a brake pad.

I parked for about 5 minutes, trying to think of the safest route to anywhere I can park the car so I can get it fixed. I drove it back to my friends house, albeit 15MPH and alot of ebraking so i can get it fixed tomarrow, only problem is Im flat broke until Friday.

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That sucks. I've had my brakes completely go out, brake pedal to the foor, no stoppage. That really sucked. I went 2 weeks with just an ebrake. So I feel ya. <img src=smilies/thumb.gif>
 
> That sucks. I've had my brakes completely go out, brake
> pedal to the foor, no stoppage. That really sucked. I went
> 2 weeks with just an ebrake. So I feel ya.

You people are INSANE. Driving with an emergency brake? Holy hell that sounds not fun at all.
 
> I parked for about 5 minutes, trying to think of the safest
> route to anywhere I can park the car so I can get it fixed.
> I drove it back to my friends house, albeit 15MPH and alot
> of ebraking so i can get it fixed tomarrow, only problem is
> Im flat broke until Friday.

You think that's bad? I broke a brake line on my truck a while ago. That sucked hard. In the process of having to fix the brake line I had to drop the fuel tank, which broke the horribly rusted fuel return line. So basically, it cost me close to 250 bucks to fix a 10 dollar brake line. D'oh!
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> You think that's bad? I broke a brake line on my truck a
> while ago. That sucked hard. In the process of having to
> fix the brake line I had to drop the fuel tank, which broke
> the horribly rusted fuel return line. So basically, it cost
> me close to 250 bucks to fix a 10 dollar brake line. D'oh!
>

See, this is why they have yearly vehicle safety inspections up here, so things like that don't happen very often.
 
> You people are INSANE. Driving with an emergency brake? Holy
> hell that sounds not fun at all.

I had to do it once for probably the last reason anyone should have to: to conserve the power that the brake lights were using because my battery was dying because a fuse was bad and the assholes that put in the alternator I had gotten didn't notice. I barely made it to the shop and the car died getting into the parking spot...talk about close call!
 
> See, this is why they have yearly vehicle safety inspections
> up here, so things like that don't happen very often.

They used to around here. But they still wouldn't apply to my truck, as it is older than 10 years. *shrugs* stupid fucking michigan laws.
 
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