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i removed my plastic mud scrapers after my last trip to the deaert caught some rocks and put some serious grooves on the inside of the rear wheels.
well, last sunday i was drioving down a dirt road at a high rate of speed (57mph). All of a sudden i felt a weird vibration in the rear of the car. I went to slow down and the brakes went to the floor. i was able to pump them to come to a stop, but the pedal was on the floor and only worked just before hitting the floor board.
I pulled off to the side and checked for brake fluid comming out of somewhere but found nothing. I then looked inside each wheel untill i found the passenger rear caliper looked bent. I then loosened the lug nuts and hooked a strap to the roll cage to have the wife pull it up on one side to remove the wheel with our Teryx4.
I pulled the wheel and found the caliper bent open, the rotor has a big wave to it and the inside of the wheel has some big scratches in it.
since i did not loose any brake fluid i decided not to call it a day and did 90 more miles sunday.
now i am not sure if its worth bending a $212 caliper, $34 rotor or trashing a wheel to use or not use the mud scrapers. I guess i will just stick to the sand and drive the T4 in the dirt.
well, last sunday i was drioving down a dirt road at a high rate of speed (57mph). All of a sudden i felt a weird vibration in the rear of the car. I went to slow down and the brakes went to the floor. i was able to pump them to come to a stop, but the pedal was on the floor and only worked just before hitting the floor board.
I pulled off to the side and checked for brake fluid comming out of somewhere but found nothing. I then looked inside each wheel untill i found the passenger rear caliper looked bent. I then loosened the lug nuts and hooked a strap to the roll cage to have the wife pull it up on one side to remove the wheel with our Teryx4.
I pulled the wheel and found the caliper bent open, the rotor has a big wave to it and the inside of the wheel has some big scratches in it.
since i did not loose any brake fluid i decided not to call it a day and did 90 more miles sunday.
now i am not sure if its worth bending a $212 caliper, $34 rotor or trashing a wheel to use or not use the mud scrapers. I guess i will just stick to the sand and drive the T4 in the dirt.


