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Brake squealing/hissing halfway to work :(

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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 07:00 AM
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Brake squealing/hissing halfway to work :(

So about 10 mins from work my driver rear wheel starts emitting a horrible squeal like hissing sound obviously a brake issue. Being only a few mins out I limped in and took a look. It was almost smoking a bit and smelled very hot. Pads look to be in rough shape but i think the caliper is hung.

Called my buddy for a tow since I dont feel it should be driven at all-hopefully its all fixed by the end of the day.
Great way to start the week
Old Mar 23, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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[update]-shes been towed so as not to do any more damage.
turns out the LR caliper had seized. Got so hot i burned my fingers, melted the hose and had stopped short of damaging the rotor.
be about $300 all said and done


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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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good move on the tow. I'm that guy that drives it home just to see i gotta replace the rotor too
Old Mar 23, 2009 | 11:53 AM
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hahaha im the guy that would've drove home too... lol srry to hear bro... an unexpected $300 bucks right now will have me homeless
Old Mar 23, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Grand_hustle17
hahaha im the guy that would've drove home too... lol srry to hear bro... an unexpected $300 bucks right now will have me homeless
I was actually gonna attempt it in the pk lot here after work but realized any time its something unexpected and I try it myself (not knowing the full problem) it usually cost me 3 times as much and leaves me carless.

Thank god we didnt spend any of our refund
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