The wheels are coming off

[davew128]

The average age of a vehicle is 11 years old ... just a factual tidbit I thought I would post. 3 years ago it was 9 yrs old ... economy is doing well though according to Obama

Thanks for sharing that totally irrelevant and useless piece of non-information.

 

[Zigner]

Please provide a cite showing that most cars do not have drum brakes .... because that's what you are saying.

Can you read? I never even commented on your statement about "most" vehicles having or not having drum brakes. I merely pointed out the FACT that you are WRONG about a drum brake being required for a parking brake.

 

[Zigner]

Even with 4 wheel disc brakes, there is usually a separate drum brake on the back for the parking brake.

That would depend on the type of disc brakes. I don't think "usually" is the right word to use.

 

[Wanda June]

Not on any car I've owned in the last 15 years.

That would be rather odd. Most cars with rear disk brakes also include a drum brake on the rear axle for the sole use of the parking brake. Roll your eyes down underneath the back of your car some time.

 

[HighwayMan]

The average age of a vehicle is 11 years old ...

Please provide YOUR cite for this information.

 

[startedone]

Can you read? I never even commented on your statement about "most" vehicles having or not having drum brakes. I merely pointed out the FACT that you are WRONG about a drum brake being required for a parking brake.

You are confusing posts me thinks. So while you can read, you cannot comprehend. I can do both ... you should type "wrong" in bigger fonts, it would not make it correct but it would be funner to read your drivel.

 

[davew128]

That would be rather odd. Most cars with rear disk brakes also include a drum brake on the rear axle for the sole use of the parking brake. Roll your eyes down underneath the back of your car some time.

My car doesn't have a drum brake for the parking brake as its built into the caliper and it was that way for the car I had before that too....

Next time you want to show someone up on car knowledge, pick someone who doesn't know their own car inside and out and then you can roll your eyes.

 

[Wanda June]

OP's problem probably doesn't have anything to do with brakes anyway.

My tire guy explained to me that they have a policy that when a car has over 180,000 miles on it the wheel lugs can stretch. So they require you to drive the car for 25 miles, return to the shop to have the torque re-tested, Drive another 500 miles and then return again to have the torque retested,

They put this requirement right on the receipt whenever I have the tires rotated.

All wild speculation of course as no one here knows what happened.

 

[Zigner]

OP's problem probably doesn't have anything to do with brakes anyway.

My tire guy explained to me that they have a policy that when a car has over 180,000 miles on it the wheel lugs can stretch. So they require you to drive the car for 25 miles, return to the shop to have the torque re-tested, Drive another 500 miles and then return again to have the torque retested,

They put this requirement right on the receipt whenever I have the tires rotated.

All wild speculation of course as no one here knows what happened.

Oh, so now you're basing your legal advice on the policy of one shop that you happen to frequent.

Figures...

 

[Zigner]

That would be rather odd. Most cars with rear disk brakes also include a drum brake on the rear axle for the sole use of the parking brake. Roll your eyes down underneath the back of your car some time.

To be clear...the "drum brake" you are speaking of is NOT "on the rear axle" - it is integrated in to the disc hub...and your use of the word "most" is asinine.

 

[startedone]

Please provide YOUR cite for this information.

google it lazy.

 

[Zigner]

google it lazy.

That's not how it works. If you make a claim, you need to back it up. Of course, we don't expect you to be able to, which is why your response was actually expected.

 

[startedone]

That's not how it works. If you make a claim, you need to back it up. Of course, we don't expect you to be able to, which is why your response was actually expected.

Sure, once you show me in the TOS that it is required. Ohhhh yeah!

You say its wrong, its YOU who have to back it up .. read the TOS, it says it right there I think.

 

[HighwayMan]

google it lazy.

Then you do the same with your request for a cite.