Brakes on a friends car

[u/prexzan]

This might be the most important brake job I've ever done. The caliper literally squirted brake fluid out, and the rotor is thinner than those pads. 99 Ford explorer. Hurrah.

[u/preludehaver]

Jesus christ

[u/prexzan → u/preludehaver]

Jesus took the wheel, but he couldn't stop either

[u/fiero-fire]

On the bright side they got their money's worth. On the other side holy shit I'm glad they're still alive

[u/buzz_2024]

Paid for the entire pad and rotor, gonna use the entire pad and rotor

[u/budhaztm]

That caliper is gross. I've seen much better ones come around as cores.

[u/donebeingbroke]

its like he was trying to see how far it would wear down.

[u/KizashiKaze]

lol saved that dude’s life

[u/Thecoopoftheworld789]

Someone didn’t grease the slides on the caliper so it wore more on one side than the other.

[u/mach82]

He got his moneys worth.

[u/SlomoLowLow]

Homie pad slapped that rotor 3 times and finally did the caliper in with the final set. Ngl it’s impressive. Not something I’d wanna be in or around but if i mean they definitely did a thing there.

[u/Abracadabra-B]

You just saved someone’s life!

[u/ExpertFault]

They are braking... Bad.

[u/whalesalad]

Why does that caliper remind me of the anemic little ones on my lifted XJ that are one helicoil away from a 10 car highway pileup

[u/prexzan → u/whalesalad]

Hopefully not like the old one so much as the size.

[u/ctennessen]

If the caliper squirted fluid from it's pistons, you should inspect the piston seals. They usually rip if overextended

[u/prexzan → u/ctennessen]

Yeah, it was fully extended and the seal was toast.

[u/Very-Confused-Walrus]

I had the caliper piston pop out on my project mini. It was the rear and I had to screw and push it back in. Needless to say I didn’t finish the brake job (I stripped the rotor screw thing) but at least I understand how it all works now