Ok so i live in dallas and was driving to OKC (205 miles one way) I pull into a parking garage and roll down my windows to get some air. I hear a funny sound like a rattle, or a clinking sound. I park, check my front tires, kick em, look at the A arms, breaks etc and dont see any thing wrong. I chaulk it up to the concrete seams in the garage making the noise.
2 hours later i hop back into the libby and pull out, still hearing the noise but its no big deal. i leave the garage and i still hear it. Now im a tad worried. im in rush hour traffic, in a city i dont know very well, i step on the breaks and i hear that gut wrenching CLUCK comming from driver side front wheel. I pull over in the middle of the hwy, to check whats going on. Again i cant see anything amiss. As i pull back into traffic i hear another gut wrenching sound, CLUCK ting ting.. and look in the rear view and something is flying out from underneath my jeep...
I drive over to a friends house (only 15 miles away) use his tools and what i found really blew me away...
the top bolt that holds the break calipers was gone!
the bottom one fell out when i touched it to see if it was tight, and my whole break caliper fell off the rotor. So i pulled the pax side tire off and checked those bolts, and to my surprise they were loose as well!
so, long story already long, a new bolt will cost $37 from the stealership, and a $5 for a thing of RED loc tight i should be good.
I have never had a break job done, so how or why this happend is beyond my understanding. I know have it im my own personal log book to check the break bolts every 10K.
