General Scary!

[Rmdinho]

Recently my car has been pulling to the left slightly under hard braking, making a loud noise when I brake in reverse and yesterday I noticed a rattling noise coming from the rear.

I jacked the car up last night and removed the wheel to see what was up. I noticed straight away that there was something trapped between the dust cover and brake disc. I pulled it out and noticed it was the remainder of a brake pad!

I took the caliper off and saw it was just the backing left. When I put the broken pad material next to the new pad I could see the pad was only half worn. They're probably the original pads as it's only done 38k but they're maybe six years old.

 

[cooperman]

That's mental dude, I had mine replaced at the last service she had 42k on the clock! Think will need the fronts doing next year!

 

[neilwill]

Errrrrrr mine makes a noise when braking in reverse!
Will have have a look, but mine doesn't pull.... Will report

 

[tinmar49]

I was about 50 miles from home when something strange happened to my rear brakes. The pedal movement increased and some low bangs/thuds came from the rear. Handbrake movement increased and I guessed that my multijet had lost the linings from one of the rear brake shoes. I still had brakes so I nursed the car home, leaving plenty of braking distance just in case. I took off the wrong side first, although the linings were intact they had started to come unglued. The bad side had only granules and a loose 2 inch long piece of lining left. The last time this happened to me was in 1970 when I found my front brake shoes coming unbonded back in the days when most linings were riveted on (Royal Enfield Interceptor).