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Old 06-23-2010, 12:54 PM
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Well driving the other day and my brake pad falls out (rear driver side) never heard of it before and all my other brakes are fine. So now looks like I need pad, rotor and caliper. ANy body in the LA area have these parts laying around ? I will probably buy pads from a store but wold love to save money on one rotor and caliper Until I change out all rotors and pads on payday


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Never heard of that either. Try hitting up the junkyard.
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I'm trying to figure out how a brake pad could possibly fall out without the caliper itself having prior damage...
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Maybe its the same wayy ivan had a chunk of his piston missing and it was no where to be found.
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I would seriously check all of your other brakes to see if everything is tight and normal.
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Caliper pins seized?
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Originally Posted by ss.slp.ls1
I would seriously check all of your other brakes to see if everything is tight and normal.
agreed, and depending on how long you have had the car and how much time you have i would crawl around the car and look for anything else weird.
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yea I'm going to swap out the fucked up **** and when I get paid re-do all rotors, cali's, and lines and all that . thanks for the info and help
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That is really odd, maybe the pad said screw this I'm outta here and took off.
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I have a caliper set in storage, don't remember if they were front or rear tho, I will check.
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Originally Posted by LS1Adam84
That is really odd, maybe the pad said screw this I'm outta here and took off.


thats what it feels like! lol
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Originally Posted by r0nz28
ANy body in the LA area have these parts laying around ? I will probably buy pads from a store but wold love to save money on one rotor and caliper Until I change out all rotors and pads on payday

I have a full set but I'm in the IE.



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