Obligatory brake post.

"XJDano" (xjdano) 01/18/2020 at 11:33 • Filed to: Brake job, Brakes, Camry

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My coworker that helped me with that basement thing this week his brakes were grinding. We peeked at it during the week and the bass seemed worn. So here we are. The drivers side was missing one pad altogether, the other pad was cracked and falling out. He just found out he’ll be working 2.5 hours away Monday morning.

New pad next to partial pad. Kids these days. He hit a guard rail on the highway after some rain and bent some shit up. So this is probably why his windshield wipers don’t work.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > XJDano 01/18/2020 at 12:41

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Man... that looks brutal.  Was that due to junk-quality pads?

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > XJDano 01/18/2020 at 13:04

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Uhhhh...holy shit. Wow. It’s amazing the car even stopped with “pads” like that  

shop-teacher > XJDano 01/18/2020 at 13:11

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Gadamn!

Urambo Tauro > XJDano 01/18/2020 at 14:26

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Egads! And he l ost more than just the wipers, by the look of it.

XJDano > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 01/18/2020 at 15:45

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I want to say it was from hittin the guard rail in the rain, but can’t be sure. It’s only got 100,000 miles, the passenger sidenpads were probably 3/4 good, so possibly the caliper was stuck. He actually doesn’t drive the car much. 

Bounty62 > XJDano 01/20/2020 at 07:52

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Unfortunately there are NO brake pads that last 100,000 miles. Also, the wear indicators installed on the pads would have been making a squeeki ng or squealing sound a long time before they got to this stage. Just poor overall example of no preventive maintenance or inspection being performed.

XJDano > Bounty62 01/20/2020 at 09:39

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With the passenger side more than 1/2 left, I think the “run into guardrail in the rain” is the culprit for the damage.