I Think The Mechanic Broke My Brakes When Installing New Brake Pads And Shocks.
Posted in Brake Discs & Pads | Asked on Sep 4, 2010
Below is the question about I Think The Mechanic Broke My Brakes When Installing New Brake Pads And Shocks., I have a 98 Nissan Frontier, regular cab, 2 wheel drive with 84k miles. I bought shocks and brake pads and took it to a mechanic my friend found at a muffler shop… in 2 hours they had my truck ready and charged 120 for labor.
When I tried to pull out of the shop and enter traffic, my truck died completely…. I had pulled partly into traffic slightly uphill and i rolled back into the parkinglot by gravity…. I turn it back on and looked around and I was alone…. shop closed and friend gone *sigh*
So I was able to drive it smoothly home but I found that I cannot depress the brake petal fully… nothing is under it… and while I can stop… no matter how much i stand on the brake I come to a slow stop… I can’t make a hard stop like I could before I gave it to them. I checked the brake fluid and it was full. In the past I’ve had to stop faster then I currently can so I truly believe I will run someone over even if I stomp on the brakes in time. What should I do?
There are 4 Answers for "I Think The Mechanic Broke My Brakes When Installing New Brake Pads And Shocks."
It was bled incorrectly
Have them re-bled.
Next time go to a Brake shop that will do it correctly the first time.
Sounds like he put the pads on backwards, or if he took the calipers off, he didnt bleed the brakes. i dont know why he would take the calipers off to put pads on, you dont have to remove the calipers for that, but he might have.
Pinched line, bad bleed, pre-glazed pads.
Didn’t Road Test it before they said it was ready, Mistake 1; Possibly Damaged Brake Lines or Caliper Pistons, Mistake 2. Forget the “Friend” and Get it to a Good Brake Shop ASAP were they can Inspect and Repair it Properly!