Brake pad fell off

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mitsubishi canter pickup truck

front left (outer) brakepad fell off,

drove about 60 miles today, no load

noticed nothing with breaks but found the brakepad in the yard this evening meaning it fell off yesterday evening,

the brakes warning light has been on the last week and she's booked in for tuesday

it "looks" like the yoke that holds the brakpad is rubiing off the disc, is that possible ?

have i done more damage driving without the brakepad,

is it ok to drive to truck center tuesday or do i need to call someone out tomoorrow,

thanks

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forget about it i know the answer

mickdw

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forget about it i know the answer

How could it happen without noticing though.
At the very least, you would have found the pedal going to the floor until it pushed the piston out to contact the disc.

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mickdw wrote: »

How could it happen without noticing though.
At the very least, you would have found the pedal going to the floor until it pushed the piston out to contact the disc.

i always use the gears to slow her down

Cee-Jay-Cee

mickdw wrote: »

How could it happen without noticing though.
At the very least, you would have found the pedal going to the floor until it pushed the piston out to contact the disc.

Not if it was the inner pad that fell out.

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thanks for your replies ,

i got someone to look at it in the morning,

but in your opinion /knowledge can the yoke that holds the brakepad actually hit/damage the disk when the brakepad falls out,

thanks and good night

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mickdw wrote: »

How could it happen without noticing though.
At the very least, you would have found the pedal going to the floor until it pushed the piston out to contact the disc.

i doubt the piston contacted th disc

mickdw

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Not if it was the inner pad that fell out.

I don't follow.
If a brake pad falls out that space will have to be made up and pedal will go to floor until it's pumped fluid through to fill that gap.

jca

Irish servicing, you can't beat it!! And people whinge about DOE/NCT tests....

corktina

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i always use the gears to slow her down

helpful in an emergency to have brakes that actually work

porsche boy

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i always use the gears to slow her down

So the people behind you dont see any brake lights??? Nice.

I'll tell you exaxtly what happened as I see it regularly. You didnt pay attention to the condition of your truck.
I'd bet you have a nice car and the canter is only foe work.You drive it all day and dont give it a second thought.

If your pad fell out of the caliper then it has been worn down to the metal backing plate a come free. You then clearly stated that you drove it for 60 miles knowingly with a brake issue that could be lethal.

Not wishing you bad but you should have been in a crash driving a truck not fit for the roads. Brakes are the only thing to stop you killing someone and you didnt even car enough to leave the truck in the yard.

Regrettably this is all together too common a mindset for a lot of lads. It baffles me as a mechanic to think people take chances with faulty trucks just to earn a few quid. You were lucky this time. Be responsable and maintain your truck to safe standards for the love of jasus.

REXER

This sounds like the disc has been worn well past its minimum thickness and the pad has been worn right down to the metal, therefore it could slip out!

Some very basic checks and maintenance required on a regular basis.