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Aug. 30th, 2016
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Aug. 30th, 2016 11:34 pmThe long version:
Starting yesterday afternoon, I noticed the brakes were lightly vibrating when hitting the brakes again. By the end of the day, it was quite noticeable. After talking with friends and dad, we decided that the brakes make just need to be "set" and I'd continue to Texas.
The brakes continued to get worse and worse today, which was part of the technical difficulties I was having all day. After I decided to go straight to Salt Lake City via freeways, I noticed that the brakes continued to get worse and worse every time I pulled into a rest area.
After being misdirected to Orem, UT, instead of Lehi, I pulled over and noticed something very strange: If I'm at a red light, brakes pressed down, and I let go and take off immediately the car makes a scraping noise and is slow to take off. If I let go, but wait five or so seconds, the brakes dont scrape, and I take off fine.
This seems to be a slow caliper, and the rotors are now warped again.
The choice was to drive directly to Washington, taking two days, or directly to Texas, taking three. I'm going to head back to Washington ASAP, no side trips, and absolutely no unnecessary stops. There's less distance to WA than TX and therefor less of a chance I'm going break down going back to WA than TX.
Really unhappy about this, but heading back to WA is already tempting fate, but TX has the potential to be REALLY disastrous.
Starting yesterday afternoon, I noticed the brakes were lightly vibrating when hitting the brakes again. By the end of the day, it was quite noticeable. After talking with friends and dad, we decided that the brakes make just need to be "set" and I'd continue to Texas.
The brakes continued to get worse and worse today, which was part of the technical difficulties I was having all day. After I decided to go straight to Salt Lake City via freeways, I noticed that the brakes continued to get worse and worse every time I pulled into a rest area.
After being misdirected to Orem, UT, instead of Lehi, I pulled over and noticed something very strange: If I'm at a red light, brakes pressed down, and I let go and take off immediately the car makes a scraping noise and is slow to take off. If I let go, but wait five or so seconds, the brakes dont scrape, and I take off fine.
This seems to be a slow caliper, and the rotors are now warped again.
The choice was to drive directly to Washington, taking two days, or directly to Texas, taking three. I'm going to head back to Washington ASAP, no side trips, and absolutely no unnecessary stops. There's less distance to WA than TX and therefor less of a chance I'm going break down going back to WA than TX.
Really unhappy about this, but heading back to WA is already tempting fate, but TX has the potential to be REALLY disastrous.