Real Life Roadkill-type Stories
Musta been 15 years ago and the wife had a thing in Philadelphia so we made a road trip out of it
Did an oil change on the VW we had at the time and even put new brakes all around
We made it there just fine, had a blast and headed home
About 75 miles east of Pittsburgh, while on the highway I tapped the brakes, and nothing happened
Tapped it again and the pedal went right to the floor
I pulled over, looked underneath as best I could, expecting to see a trail of brake fluid but I saw nothing concerning
Got back in, fired it back up and after about a dozen or so pumps, the brake pedal came back up and started working again
I pretty much babied her the rest of the roughly 500 miles home and as soon as I got home I get her up on jackstands
Didn't see anything up front, so i checked the back and I had to do a double take
It turned out I must not have tightened the caliper bolts on one of the rear brakes
The caliper had come off completely, the pads were long gone but somehow the caliper had gotten hung up on the carrier and the piston had actually clamped it on the carrier
That must have been when the pedal came back up
Wish I had taken a picture back then, but I didn't have a camera on my phone