Cascade Crew

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: A wild ride.

So I had a bit...no, A LOT of a scare while driving home from a friend's tonight.

My 4th gen Camaro has been making some noise when I turn to the left, mostly like a squeaky brake-type noise. Looked at all four rotors the other day, saw that the ones on the rear right are in the worst shape, figured it was just time for new pads/surface rotors, no big deal...

Yeah....I might have been wrong.....

So I'm driving down Marine drive, just tootling along, and I hear the horrible screeching sound occasionally on curves.....then louder, while I"m driving straight......then theres this is chattering....then its like someone pulled the e-brake on me......Did almost a 360 and came to rest facing sideways in the opposite lane.

Tried to turn it around and move it back into the other lane and it was fighting me to move, and hobbling. I had it at 2500rpm in first trying to move it, and it did nothing but buck and shake like crazy. I decided to shut it down, and push it.

A couple cars stopped by this point and me and three other dudes tried to push it. Both rear tires wouldn't move. Acted like they were locked up with the E-brake on.

Called home, and called the AAA number.

nearly an hour later the car is sitting at Ron Tonkin Chevy and I'm home now.

Talked to the parentals, and they are just gonna see what happens, and asked me what I can afford to fix.

my heart is still thumping pretty quick....

Crying or Very sad

This is not what I need right now.

'92 camaro boss · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject:

that would be intense, good thing your alright tho

Jason_Culbertson · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject:

yeah that would scare the shizzle out of me too

Xophertony · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:55 am Post subject:

Nuts.

cameron7710 · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:00 am Post subject:

dam man thats crazy

st least ur ok it could have been alot wores if there was other car driving in the next lane when that happend

blue89 · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:03 am Post subject:

whoa man. Thats some pretty serious stuff! What's the problem? Any leads? Which end locked up?

brandyland · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:23 am Post subject:

Oh so thats what that text was about.

Scary stuff. I think it IS trying to kill you. What'd you do to her?

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject:

UPDATE! some good news, some bad.

everything inside the axle is okay. No broken pieces, everything is ok there shape there.

Bad news is the E-brake stuff inside the passenger rear rotor hat is what went fubar, The retainer that held one of the shoes broke off, and the shoe basically went sideways and locked itself against the rotor, and axle flange.

It ended up bending my brake line and doing some damage to the caliper carrier as well, so I'll need new E-brake hardware for that side, a new caliper carrier, rotor, axle for that side and a brake line.

$1148 worth of damage so far..... Sad

blue89 · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject:

$1148? Sounds like maybe $200. Count your axle splines and then get everything from the junkyard except get a drum brake spring kit and a shoe kit from a parts store. Its also the same stuff on an S10 except they run shorter axles.

iansane · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject:

That sucks dude!

Twilightoptics · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

Yeah... why isn't this at home and apart?

I kept getting confused..... shoes.... calipers..... it's like talking about ford parts on a chevy!?

blue89 · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject:

I missed the 4th gen part....

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject:

I would do this myself, but lately I've been lacking the time, and I have an immediate need for my car, since the 3rd gen isn't together right now.

Parents said they'd help out with what they could, so I have some relief there.

it just sucks, but it'll get fixed.