Originally posted by warmonger:
Originally posted by Big Daddy Kane:
I had a brake pad fall off of an 83 Tercel once... it was very interesting driving home while it was "falling" out.

Made quite a bit of racket until it totally fell out, then the piston fell out w/all the fluid going with it (like mentioned). Junked it after that.




The pad can fall off but the metal backing plate will still be there riding on the rotor. That is probably what he means.


Yes, warmonger. That is also what I meant. The piston on mine did not fall off. Thanks for clearing that up. I noticed it wasn't clear on my previous post too.

"Always do the cheap and easy ones first." 1996 V6 ATX 96K miles