As a heavenly punishment for what I wrote about unnecessarily changing disc rotors (https://forum.ih8mud.com/showpost.php?p=1585776&postcount=10), now my 100 is at the dealer with new front discs and the front calipers's parts spread on the mechanic's workbench. :whoops:
A couple weeks ago I started to notice the typical worn pad noise, and planned to have them changed immediately. But then I had to make a trip and I put some 2000 km more on them. After that, it became a continuous and teeth-grinding screech. , and the braking feeling was downright scary.
The result is completely worn front discs (not to mention pads) and several rutted brake pistons. After trying everything including a night long soaked with penetrating oil, the mechanic has managed to extract all of the pistons, and only one of them is damaged by rust. So the parts bill will not be excessively high ( a piston costs 13 euro, and the whole caliper 400+), but I'm scared about the labor hours
I guess at least I have learned some lesson from this. And I hope it will not ruin all my bumper and winch plans, too.
I´ll post some pictures of the old rotors when I get the car back, so you can see what a rotor should never look like.
A couple weeks ago I started to notice the typical worn pad noise, and planned to have them changed immediately. But then I had to make a trip and I put some 2000 km more on them. After that, it became a continuous and teeth-grinding screech. , and the braking feeling was downright scary.
The result is completely worn front discs (not to mention pads) and several rutted brake pistons. After trying everything including a night long soaked with penetrating oil, the mechanic has managed to extract all of the pistons, and only one of them is damaged by rust. So the parts bill will not be excessively high ( a piston costs 13 euro, and the whole caliper 400+), but I'm scared about the labor hours
I guess at least I have learned some lesson from this. And I hope it will not ruin all my bumper and winch plans, too.
I´ll post some pictures of the old rotors when I get the car back, so you can see what a rotor should never look like.