...I finally looked at the back drums on my back up car that have been making terrible screeching noises that get even worse when I use the brakes. I've put off changing them because I've been waiting for my mechanic buddy to have some free time, I've never done drum brakes.
I looked at 'em the other day and the disks are ripped as hell and the pads are gone and the metal backing is almost gone too, a bit longer and I would have lost a cylinder if I haven't already.
That's when I realized, these are NOT drum brakes. These are just disks which I can do in my sleep and blindfolded. (Well, until I get to that one nut that takes 3 hours to get out because of age/rust...but that's just working on cars)
It's also the ones I've had the parts for sitting in my garage for over the last 2 years in a box that I never opened or else I would have seen it then.
Figured I'd just open a thread for when I do idiotic things, save space that way rather than start a new thread each time. If anyone else has any fun brainfarts they want to share/get off their chest feel free.
I'm gonna go tear some wheels off my VW and do something I should have a long time ago, and I'm gonna using the, "You're such a fucking idiot Hayden!", mantra as I do the job.
I looked at 'em the other day and the disks are ripped as hell and the pads are gone and the metal backing is almost gone too, a bit longer and I would have lost a cylinder if I haven't already.
That's when I realized, these are NOT drum brakes. These are just disks which I can do in my sleep and blindfolded. (Well, until I get to that one nut that takes 3 hours to get out because of age/rust...but that's just working on cars)
It's also the ones I've had the parts for sitting in my garage for over the last 2 years in a box that I never opened or else I would have seen it then.
Figured I'd just open a thread for when I do idiotic things, save space that way rather than start a new thread each time. If anyone else has any fun brainfarts they want to share/get off their chest feel free.
I'm gonna go tear some wheels off my VW and do something I should have a long time ago, and I'm gonna using the, "You're such a fucking idiot Hayden!", mantra as I do the job.