RE: Still have broken brakes - need advice!

From: Rick Barnes (barnesrv@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Apr 25 2005 - 13:00:10 EDT


You are right Tom, they are "designed" to stop, but they will finally make
contact with a rotor under some circumstances. I sure have seen it happen.
Could also be a very bad wheel bearing.

Rascal

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Terrible Tom
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 12:01 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Still have broken brakes - need advice!

Rick Barnes wrote:
> Grinding in the front? Are your caliper pins dragging on your rotor?
>
> Rascal
>

> On Sat, April 23, 2005 12:54 am, TerribleTom said:
>
>>I bled it out according to
>>the instructions. I was going to do it with the two bleeder hoses but
>>decided the company knew what they were talking about so I tried it with
>>just the solid plugs.
>
>
> I think you just identified your own problem. I vote for throwing out the
> destructions and just going with what you know. They print those things
> up for people like me who are inept at working on vehicles, because they
> know I'm going to get fed up anyway and end up taking it to someone who
> knows what they're doing (like you, or Jon, or the dealership).
>

Hmm - Don't see how that could be the problem. The caliper pins are
designed to stop at a certain depth and not go in any further. As I am
yet to dive into trying to fix the grinding problem - I'm not ruling
anything out yet. But I have a nagging feeling it is something major...

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