When your daughter tells you...

[jvazquez53]

When your daughter tells you: "Dad, my truck is doing funny noises"...

 

[94SRUNNER]

How did the rotors fair?

 

[sdwtchlvr]

Dang

 

[flintknapper]

Yep, my Daughter did that recently on Her F150 Platinum.

Rear brakes.

I asked her if the noise had just started (hoping she was hearing the wear indicators). NOPE! Been doing it for about a week!

Sheeeesh.

 

[jLB]

It appears that she got her money's worth out of those pads!

 

[benjawi4]

Going with OEM pads or aftermarket?

 

[bucfl]

Lol

Wife still won't tell me I need to change oil even after service light is on.

 

[jvazquez53]

Going with OEM pads or aftermarket?

Aftermarket. I have used OEM and honestly I haven't seen any difference.

 

[lcruzrlvr]

Same issue but 16 year old male.

 

[vipergrhd]

We call them train brakes.

 

[jvazquez53]

How did the rotors fair?

The front ones are fine. The rear ones, tomorrow I'll find out...

 

[lugueto]

You guys are lucky its your teen kids doing that.

I had my mom tell me her brakes were making "bad noises", I would later found she spent a month driving while hearing the wear indicators on her 4Runner. When I took the car to the shop, I could feel the brakes grinding, and the truck pulled hard to the right while braking. Turns out she was braking with the backing plates, and wore the front rotors out to the point where there was maybe 3mm of material left on one side of the right front rotor.

My father did the same thing with his 80 series. He asked me to drive it to the shop to get his sub tank installed and have them check on the brakes while they're at it, because they sound really bad. The truck barely slowed down when on the brakes. Turns out he too had worn the pads down to the backing plates, but didn't wear out the rotors enough to cause concern. They were machined and still running today.

Count your blessings. I'd rather have teen kids make these mistakes out of ignorance than two fully grown adults out of negligence!