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> Near Death Experience, Brake failure at over 100
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post Jul 24 2005, 01:38 PM
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So here I am, driving the Chalon in a short stint with an Elise on the 73 freeway, those are pretty fast little cars first off, I did beat him but then went to exit the freeway and there is K railing down the ramp and I hear this strange noise coming from my car, I kept slowing down to about probably 70 or so still just using the gears, the light is red at the end of the ramp so I go to hit the brakes and they go way down, still not quite in panic, I do a quick pump up and it still isnt stopping, instead I hear this terrible grinding sound. Now I start to panic as there are cars ahead of me and the car is not stopping as it should, I downshift into second and let the clutch out still pumping the brakes and the car grinds to a stop just short of the cars in front. My heart is going about as fast as I was on the freeway and I think "Shit, well, I am only a block or so from the house, I will just not use the brakes the rest of the way" So I go really slow to my house and pull in the driveway. My heart is still beating pretty fast and as soon as it calms down, I will go see what the hell went wrong. I hope none of you ever have to experience what I just did. I will cut your life by 10 years and make your hair turn gray. The Chalon is down till I figure this out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)
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post Jul 24 2005, 01:48 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif) Holy sh*t, I'm glad you made it and nothing happened.

Tell us what the problem was...
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post Jul 24 2005, 01:53 PM
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Well, I have not pulled it apart to look at what went wrong yet, I just keep going over in my mind what that noise was. It sounded like the brakes were metal on metal so my first guess would be I lost a brake pad or something along those lines. It is way hot outside right now so I am going to wait for the sun to go down a little before I pull the rear wheels off to check. Any bets on it? Maybe I should start a poll.
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post Jul 24 2005, 01:59 PM
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QUOTE (skline @ Jul 24 2005, 12:38 PM)
I hope none of you ever have to experience what I just did.

going over the bay bridge at about 60mph, guy cuts me off bad so i had to jump on the brakes.
all i hear is a loud POP and *no* brakes, pedal just goes to the floor.
i avoided hitting the guy by changing lanes (thank god there was an empty one).
then i hit backuped traffic on the bridge and all i have left is the parking brake.
i manage to get the car across with just the parking brake and had to call AAA to get it towed.

turned out the MC had exploded on me ...
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PS: that was 5 years ago, right after i had gotten the car.
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:02 PM
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Well, that explains what happened to your hair. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:05 PM
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How do you 'lose a brake pad'? They shouldn't be worn down that far, and with those huge volvo calipers... Yikes...
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:06 PM
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Rear calipers are stock 914, the front wasnt the problem. I got pedal after pumping but it was grinding really loud. Like metal on metal. The pads were all new all the way around BTW.
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:20 PM
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maybe you have something caught between the pad and the rotor, something small that wouldnt allow for good braking.

complete guess.
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:23 PM
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QUOTE (skline @ Jul 24 2005, 11:38 AM)
So here I am, driving the Chalon in a short stint with an Elise on the 73 freeway, those are pretty fast little cars first off, I did beat him

How? Elise 0-60 time of 4.88 seconds, 0-100 mph in 12.57 seconds and 141 mph top speed.

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post Jul 24 2005, 02:30 PM
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I'm glad you're ok. Please don't race on the street. Join the PCA or another club and do autocross and track days.
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:35 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) I'll take a guess....friction material became "unbonded" from the a pad's backing plate? Glad you're ok.
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:41 PM
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QUOTE (goose2 @ Jul 24 2005, 12:35 PM)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) I'll take a guess....friction material became "unbonded" from the a pad's backing plate? Glad you're ok.

that's my vote!
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post Jul 24 2005, 02:45 PM
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QUOTE (jr91472 @ Jul 24 2005, 02:41 PM)
QUOTE (goose2 @ Jul 24 2005, 12:35 PM)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) I'll take a guess....friction material became "unbonded" from the a pad's backing plate? Glad you're ok.

that's my vote!

how does that happen? they are like riveted with platnium rivets
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post Jul 24 2005, 03:00 PM
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Just pulled this off the Elise forum:
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So here I am, driving my Elise on the 73 freeway and this funny looking Porsche comes along side me.  I just about had my mascara done when he accelerates ahead of me.  Well, I drop it into 5th and climb to 140 before I get to putting on my lipstick.  Anyway, I threw my compact out the window and it must have done something to his car because he quickly exited and seemed to come to a stop on the ramp.
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post Jul 24 2005, 03:36 PM
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post Jul 24 2005, 03:53 PM
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post Jul 24 2005, 03:55 PM
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QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jul 24 2005, 11:59 AM)
QUOTE (skline @ Jul 24 2005, 12:38 PM)
I hope none of you ever have to experience what I just did.

going over the bay bridge at about 60mph, guy cuts me off bad so i had to jump on the brakes.
all i hear is a loud POP and *no* brakes, pedal just goes to the floor.
i avoided hitting the guy by changing lanes (thank god there was an empty one).
then i hit backuped traffic on the bridge and all i have left is the parking brake.
i manage to get the car across with just the parking brake and had to call AAA to get it towed.

turned out the MC had exploded on me ...
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Andy

PS: that was 5 years ago, right after i had gotten the car.

Wasn't MY fault..... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Jul 24 2005, 04:10 PM
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jr91472   Posted on Jul 24 2005, 01:41 PM
QUOTE (goose2 @ Jul 24 2005, 12:35 PM)
idea.gif I'll take a guess....friction material became "unbonded" from the a pad's backing plate? Glad you're ok.

that's my vote!


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post Jul 24 2005, 04:15 PM
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Good try Felix, it was a black Elise and 2 guys in it. Of course, they may have been gay? Not that there is anything wrong with that. Anyway, Clayton calls and says he os on his way over to find out what went wrong, has me walk over to check to see if the caliper fell off at the top, I look under there and the pad is out of the caliper and rubbing on the wheel leaving a nice shiny line on the inside of the wheel. So now I know what it is. Time to pull it and fix it.
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