How does one break a caliper?

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How does one break a caliper?

Postby me&pathy » Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:28 am

my 06 pathy has 27,000 miles on it. so my grand mother came up to visit me and i let her drive my truck for 2 day's and she split my front right caliper and stuck the back left caliper shut. i got it fixed yesterday but i still cant believe what she did i drive from northern california to Long Beach on the 5 and have done stops from 100 and have never had a problem with the breaks so i am wondering how in the hell did she do it?


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Postby me&pathy » Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:10 am

o and 1 more question when u drive the truck in 60-75 degrees there is this buzzing wine that comes from the front window at 100-mph. i think its a weather striping problem but i dont want to screw with it i took into the dealer and they told me i was driving it to hard so i shot back with it says 140 on the speedo so im going to at least shoot for 120. so any suggestions on how to fix it?

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Postby SHAWNATGERBROCK » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:44 pm

Sounds like she must have driven the whole way with the brakes on ....

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Postby boogyman » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:47 am

Sounds like a little too much left foot braking and the parking brake wasn't released.

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Postby Fofiddy » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:28 am

She a car driver? When my girlfriend's Jetta broke down I had to share the Path with her and I did notice that car drivers will accelerate towards a red light and then just jam on the brakes like gas still cost a $1.50/gal and we get 30mpg. I'm up to 45k on the original pads and rotors but have had to shave the rotors every 20k.
:shock: Sounds like it's time to yank gradma's license...

I can understand wearing out a pad fron the Ebrake being left on. But since the Parking Brake is actually a drum within the rotor I don't quite understand how it could lead to a caliper faliure.

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Postby RacerZX » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:13 am

Yeah, sounds like continuous left foot breaking in an attempt to control the Pathfinder's awesome power :D . Sucks man, sorry, did the dealer cover it under warranty?

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Postby me&pathy » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:59 pm

they coverd it under warranty

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Postby RacerZX » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:10 pm

Wow, fantastic, count your blessings there my friend...


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