Re: Brakes Bad Already?!?

From: KURTZ ERIC (erics5.9@home.com)
Date: Sat Jul 03 1999 - 17:44:16 EDT


Ben, I guarentee that you need em! Don't keep driving it like my wife
did without telling me! You really dont want to destroy your rotor or
your caliper and have to replace those either! I went to Pep Boys and
have my brakes done. I hate doing them and they do them pretty cheap!
Eric
Ben Vaughan wrote:
>
> Well, now that I am finally over the whole battery incident, I am getting
> some bad noise from my brakes. If I just tap the brakes, no matter how
> hard, I get a high pitched squealing noise. When I press them a little
> harder, the truck starts to shudder. When I press them all the way down to
> a complete stop, I get this horrible grinding noise that sounds like metal
> on metal. It is really embarassing pulling up to a stop light. Could my
> brakes be going bad already at 27,700K? I can feel the grinding through the
> brake pedal! I'm gonna take the truck in the dealer on Tuesday (Yeah, I
> know the brakes aren't covered under warranty anymore, but maybe they can
> tell me what I need to do about them) and I'm also gonna have them check the
> Check Engine Light that comes on once a week and a mysterious leak under the
> hood. I really hope I don't need new brakes, because I am really low on
> cash!
> Later!
> Ben Vaughan
> webmaster@dakattack.com
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> Therapy is expensive. Popping that bubble wrap stuff is cheap. You choose.



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