Originally posted by KingpinSVT:
So they did fall off. Hmm, whats up with that?



My speculation of what happened on the Tercel may have happend to him also... I think the pad was worn down to the metal, which the metal backing ended up shaving quite a bit off the rotor, which allowed the pad to "fall out" of it's guides on the caliper.

At that point, hitting the brakes hard may have caused the pad to no longer be held by the caliper, and the metal on metal friction of the pad/rotor caused it to slide and make all sorts of racket until the little springy part that grabs inside the piston breaks off... and the pad just uhh... falls out.

Goin' Round Traffic Circles @ 50Km/h!!! \m/ -- 1998 E0 SVT #2119 of 6535 \m/ -- 2003 Sentra SE-R Spec V