Here it goes....I knew my rear pads were at about 1/8 when I put the winters on last week..figured I would order parts this week and do them....well noticed the tell tale rust color on the recently painted left rear wheel this morning...

Pulled the rear brakes tonight and found the rear inner pad had gone metal on metal trashing the rotor...also had one hell of a time getting the piston to recess..took almost an hour before it went pop and moved...put on cheap $15 set of pads to get me a few days till parts get ordered and show up...going to have to do rear rotors, pads, and rebuilt calipers...guess I will do Emergency brake shoes while I have it appart...this bites I seriously was not expecting this to happen...left side inner and outer both had worn far worse than the right side did.

Point I wish to make is this can happen without any warning on cars that appear to be and are well maintained....and a good thing for everyone to check befre the REAL winter weather sets in to stay for a while.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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