Anyone ever had thier cailiper fall off? I did!! - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

braingone · 04-28-2008, 10:55 PM

So I was hearing rather funny sound about a week earlier when I was backing up , so automatically I figured it was just my rear brake pads needed to be replaced. I am like okay I will pick up new ones and get them replaced in a few days. So I went to an autocross event fine, didn't have any problems then. So when I left to go get some gas I noticed my brakes were very weak, no pressure what so ever but lucky it still did stop fine with enough pressure on the brake pedal.

So I was coming home one day and all of a sudden I hear this grinding noise coming from the rear driver side wheel. Lucky this happened in my subdivision, so I park it and to my amazement my brake pads and bolts where missing and caliper was grinding on the inside of my wheel well. I was just at a loss for words, I had just bought the car maybe 2 weeks ago, I should have investigated the sound that i had heard before all this happened.

Anyway so far I have got most of the replacement parts:
Caliper Bolts and Pins
Brake Pads
Disc brake Hardware kit
Searching for a Caliper piston

So I also have a few questions: Should I go ahead and bleed the brake system and add new fluid?

Do you see any parts that I am missing?

Or another type of fluid that I need to grab?

Oh and of course the photos...lol:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6880/p1020707bk1.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1456/p1020710xi2.jpg

04-28-2008, 10:55 PM	#1
braingone Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: 505, NM Age: 36 Posts: 140 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Anyone ever had thier Caliper fall off? I did!! So I was hearing rather funny sound about a week earlier when I was backing up , so automatically I figured it was just my rear brake pads needed to be replaced. I am like okay I will pick up new ones and get them replaced in a few days. So I went to an autocross event fine, didn't have any problems then. So when I left to go get some gas I noticed my brakes were very weak, no pressure what so ever but lucky it still did stop fine with enough pressure on the brake pedal. So I was coming home one day and all of a sudden I hear this grinding noise coming from the rear driver side wheel. Lucky this happened in my subdivision, so I park it and to my amazement my brake pads and bolts where missing and caliper was grinding on the inside of my wheel well. I was just at a loss for words, I had just bought the car maybe 2 weeks ago, I should have investigated the sound that i had heard before all this happened. Anyway so far I have got most of the replacement parts: Caliper Bolts and Pins Brake Pads Disc brake Hardware kit Searching for a Caliper piston So I also have a few questions: Should I go ahead and bleed the brake system and add new fluid? Do you see any parts that I am missing? Or another type of fluid that I need to grab? Oh and of course the photos...lol: http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6880/p1020707bk1.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1456/p1020710xi2.jpg