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Them's the brakes
Nov. 22nd, 2006 02:27 pmWithin the past two years I've had both rear callipers replaced on my car because they took turns seizing on me. I was a little irked that they would both go on me in such short order, but given that my car is a 1993 model, I figured they were about due.
The left calliper stuck again while we were out driving today. We reefed on the parking brake pretty hard because we were parked on a hill, and when we released the brakes, the car refused to coast properly, and it groaned to a stop as we approached intersections. I suspected the parking brake right away, and my suspicions were confirmed when I pulled on the lever and there was no resistance. Fucking great - just what we need when we're over 1000 miles from home with two days left in our vacation.
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atara's parents' place, the rear, driver-side wheel was hot enough to be smoking. I crawled under the car and hammered on the mechanism with the Club until it loosened up enough to release again. I got atara to re-apply the parking brake and it promptly stuck again - though not quite as solidly. I'm wondering if a shot of WD-40 would fix it for now? In any event it looks awfully rusty for something that the mechanic allegedly replaced about 18 months ago. =/
While I was looking over the brakes, I noticed that one of the keyed lug nuts on the front passenger-side wheel was on the verge of falling off. I was supposed to take the car in to get the lugs re-torqued after I got the new tires put on, but we never got around to doing that before our trip. I dug the lug wrench out of the back and cinched them all up again - though the only two that were loose were the two front key-lugs. Curious.
The left calliper stuck again while we were out driving today. We reefed on the parking brake pretty hard because we were parked on a hill, and when we released the brakes, the car refused to coast properly, and it groaned to a stop as we approached intersections. I suspected the parking brake right away, and my suspicions were confirmed when I pulled on the lever and there was no resistance. Fucking great - just what we need when we're over 1000 miles from home with two days left in our vacation.
When we got to
atara's parents' place, the rear, driver-side wheel was hot enough to be smoking. I crawled under the car and hammered on the mechanism with the Club until it loosened up enough to release again. I got atara to re-apply the parking brake and it promptly stuck again - though not quite as solidly. I'm wondering if a shot of WD-40 would fix it for now? In any event it looks awfully rusty for something that the mechanic allegedly replaced about 18 months ago. =/While I was looking over the brakes, I noticed that one of the keyed lug nuts on the front passenger-side wheel was on the verge of falling off. I was supposed to take the car in to get the lugs re-torqued after I got the new tires put on, but we never got around to doing that before our trip. I dug the lug wrench out of the back and cinched them all up again - though the only two that were loose were the two front key-lugs. Curious.
