So a customer brought in his truck in today...

master_shake_

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said his brakes were worn out.

he drove it in like this.



im speechless.

i guess you don't need a caliper to drive?
 

Zenmervolt

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I do not miss road salt... There's a lot about where I used to live that I miss, but road salt is definitely not one of those things. Wow that looks bad.

ZV
 

skyking

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did he cap the line or hammer it over? I had a hard line get pinched on my truck in extreme conditions and cut it with dikes and folded it, then hammered it shut using the axles housing and a rock. I had enough fluid and the other three worked fine to get me off the mountain.
 

Ramses

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Seen rotors like that before but never a missing caliper. Neat.

It's actually possible it stopped somewhat straight, the brake system is likely split diagonally, so if you loose pressure on the left front for example, the right rear will have none either, however the right front and left rear would be unaffected. In theory.
Total braking ability and panic stops would be crap though. It's amazing what people drive on through with cars sometimes.

Interesting automotive tidbit: In the 80's Volvo had a version of this setup that split each front four piston caliper into two totally separate hydraulic units for the top two opposing pistons and the bottom two, two brake lines to each wheel. They split it such that if you lost one hose for example on the left front wheel, you'd only loose 50% of the braking ability on that wheel and (again theory) have more controlled braking still. It was also twice the lines and parts to replace. They ran that setup on the 240 for a long while, I think till ABS came along in the early 90's. Rears were normal two piston disks, tied to one of the front circuits on each respective side I think. Been awhile since I had one. Were also an annoyance to bleed. Great brakes on those cars when in good order though, vented disks were a good upgrade.
 

Mandres

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Jesus, I wonder if the caliper was ripped off after trying to press the pad into those ribs? Is there a ragged hose hanging out there?

It's amazing how far people will push issues with brakes.
 

monkeydelmagico

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Jesus, I wonder if the caliper was ripped off after trying to press the pad into those ribs? Is there a ragged hose hanging out there?

It's amazing how far people will push issues with brakes.

I would think it impossible to rip a caliper off without doing significant damage to the wheel assembly.

Maybe the owner removed the caliper? Seems silly, might as well have fixed it but who knows.

Lazy and crazy however you look at it.
 

master_shake_

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he took the caliper off himself and left the brake hose just hanging

then he drove it in lol.

i agree with the poster above me. lazy and crazy.
 

mike2fix

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Many, many years ago I was in the auto parts business and a guy came in looking for a brake master cylinder. I went out to see which type he needed and he didn't have one. He said he had tried to rebuild it and it was no good, so he threw it away. Used his e-brake to get to the store to buy a replacement.
 
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