Brake pads sticking - very scary experience

[Aladdinsane]

:lol-053:

Ah, but does it say what size bags (not that I'm being pedantic or anything.... )?
The coalman delivers coal in 50kg sacks, whereas you can only buy it in 20kg sacks direct from him at the coal yard.

But I shall ask him next time if there is a limit to how many bags I can take.

Even if the coalman did the wrong thing by putting water on the hot wheel, I still like him as he was just trying to help. For what it's worth, I personally think the mechanic in Shap was spot on - I shall report back with the outcome in due course.[/Q


What I don't understand is that if you think the mechanic in Shap was "spot on" why bother with the post?? Get it sorted and carry on?

 

[mariesnowgoose]

What I don't understand is that if you think the mechanic in Shap was "spot on" why bother with the post?? Get it sorted and carry on?

What I don't understand is why bother responding to the post if that's the all you want to contribute?

Let me explain. It's quite simple, really

She'd had a bit of a hairy experience tonight and posted straight away to get some advice and reassurance from people in here who are mechanically minded.

Having taken on board what people (some of whom she trusts) reckon it might be, together with what her mechanic said (and no doubt been furiously doing a bit of background research elsewhere on line), has put 2 and 2 together, figured she's now got a better idea of what the problem is and is taking it from there.

The fact that she now thinks her mechanic might have been right in the first place is neither here nor there.

She's a speed typist, btw, so doing several things at once won't have been a problem

Do most men suffer from an inability to work out what's actually happening, or is it just the odd one? :rolleyes2: :lol-053:

 

[Tezza33]

why bother with the post?? Get it sorted and carry on?

85 replies means it was worth posting and replying to IMHO, it is what keeps forums going (there are a lot of forums dedicated to other interests that are closing) and we are never all going to agree:goodnight:

 

[n brown]

I have never heard such a load of sanctimonious **** in my life,the assumption that anybody in this sort of situation is going to be careering round at 70 mph is such bollocks,while smoking baccy they can ill afford ! god help me !have these people ever been out in the real world ,without back up,where you have to sort out your problems by yourself ? hope it never happens to them,and they stay safe in the knowledge that someone else will sort it

 

[whitevanwoman]

OMG, 1000+ views!!!! Fame at last, I'm going viral :lol-053:

I wonder if Phil could sort out a pay per click deal - it might end up paying for new brakes etc :idea:

 

[Firefox]

Well done Jess, for getting yourself, and your van home safely. The brakes were working if you needed them, so it wasn't dangerous driving in the manner you described, on the route that you took. I'm not sure why some people need to be so negative - jealousy or frustration at their own inadequacies in such a situation perhaps?

 

[scampa]

Glad you got home safely WVW!

In the same circumstances, after a good inspection of the calliper, making sure the pads and pistons were free, and possibly isolating that calliper with a pair of molegrips clamped on the brake-hose (as others have said) if needed, so long as I considered it to be safe, then I would probably have driven it home too. Obviously at a very slow speed, and driving appropriately.

Of course, if I had been unfortunate enough to be hit by that reckless "Greenvanwoman" as she came racing around a blind bend, my first action would've been to remove the molegrips before any accident investigator spotted them, because they just don't understand those kind of things! (I wonder if Greenvanwoman is also a member here, and would like to identify herself?? )

Well done WVW, you did a good job in coping and getting home!! :drive:

(BTW, I've just been catching up on a few threads, and although there have been a few unpleasant comments on this one, it's refreshing to see that (so far) no public sector workers have been blamed for your faulty brakes!)

 

[oldish hippy]

well it was the public sector workeres being a pain in the bum have put her in this predicament lol well jess will know what i on about anyway so it is partiely down to public sector workers

 

[herbenny]

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[shortcircuit]

Oh, so you've now decided she was drunk, as well as in a different van, different coloured hair & with a non-existent dog on her lap. :lol-049:

Want to make up any more irrelevant rubbish to try & prove your case?

Another stupid post and only reporting a situation as I found it. Where did I say she was drunk as reading her many posts I would extremely doubt that.

 

[kimbowbill]

Wow, thought i was reading Sheffield forum for a moment, they all vile on there,

well done Jess, i have been to Jess's house, and it is very rural and scary if on your own, men just don't seem to get that, i remember not long back posting a thread about how bad a car park was with all the idiots racing round and one eventually ploughing into my van, i was merely warning folk that it wasn't a pleasant place to park, i was told to grow up, called a racist, lots of things, people can be so cruel at times.

anyroad, the same happened to me and my van is 3500 weight, i was on the motorway, about 3 miles from my mechanic, i rang him, he told me to bring her in and he would fix it, the caliper had stuck, he advised me how to drive, in second gear, hazzards on, slowly, keeping distance for other vehicles and ready to use handbrake, i asked would i get done if i got a pull he reassured me that as long as i take care i am allowed to drive, you do still have breaks, albeit less effective.

Jess is not stupid and no way would she endanger others or her dogs,

I would be happy to donate £10 towards her brake fund, anyone else want to chip in?, i could arrange this through Phil i'm sure

c'mon, give the lass a break

 

[hextal]

Ok - I think everyone needs their heads banging together. The overly agressive nay-sayers and the overly defensive protection squad.

I haven't met WVW (and I hope she takes this in the spirit it is intended), but I suspect like most of us she is neither the crazed drunken hippy doctor-doolitle driver presented on the one side of the argument nor the Rally Driving Saint presented on the other, but falls somewhere more central.

She will have subconsciously undertaken a risk assessment of the situation before deciding to stay/proceed. The issue being that these things are always subjective and based on the knowledge/experience of the individual, so will always be cause for differing opinion.

I think it's naive not to look at the worst case possibilities, but then equally naive to think that just because it's possible it's likely.



Anyway - fire away (i'm off to hide):scared:

 

[mariesnowgoose]

No need to hide hextal, you're spot on

 

[Seahorse]

WOW!!!!!!!!!! What a read, there are some interesting characters on this forum! I have yet to meet you WVW, but glad to hear you got home safely, and hope the repair bill will be modest.

Right need to make fresh cuppa now, let one get cold, so engrossed in this thread.

PS I would have driven home.

 

[whitevanwoman]

Ok - I think everyone needs their heads banging together. The overly agressive nay-sayers and the overly defensive protection squad.

I haven't met WVW (and I hope she takes this in the spirit it is intended), but I suspect like most of us she is neither the crazed drunken hippy doctor-doolitle driver presented on the one side of the argument nor the Rally Driving Saint presented on the other, but falls somewhere more central.

She will have subconsciously undertaken a risk assessment of the situation before deciding to stay/proceed. The issue being that these things are always subjective and based on the knowledge/experience of the individual, so will always be cause for differing opinion.

I think it's naive not to look at the worst case possibilities, but then equally naive to think that just because it's possible it's likely.



Anyway - fire away (i'm off to hide):scared:

I hope we can now draw a line under this.

Thanks to all who have shown support - it is appreciated. It's hard when something like that happens and you have no one to discuss it with afterwards and for me, the forum gives me that opportunity, and is a virtual hand holder in times when some human interaction is needed.

I like to think that I am "neither the crazed drunken hippy doctor-doolitle driver presented on the one side of the argument nor the Rally Driving Saint presented on the other" but in all honesty, I can probably be a little of both on certain occasions, but then I am human.

I most certainly did do my own risk assessment and not just subconsciously, but quite deliberately, and if I did not think I had the skills and experience to cope I would not have followed the course of action I took.

(As an eternal worrier, I do tend to always assume worst-case scenario and my therapist has told me I should have more confidence in my abilities and take more risks )

Thanks to Kimbowbill for the suggestion of a donation - the thought is much appreciated. We may not always see eye to eye on some things, but I know you have a heart of gold. But it's really not necessary - I've learned in life that when you are down at rock bottom, something always turns up and you find resources within yourself that you never knew you had.

 

[mikejay]

Just a thought i don't know if anyone else suggested it (as i got lost in all the posts) but may be worth getting your mechanic to check the grease in the front hub it may have got hot and turned to oil and run out leaving your bearings dry.
Mike

 

[Fazerloz]

Just a thought i don't know if anyone else suggested it (as i got lost in all the posts) but may be worth getting your mechanic to check the grease in the front hub it may have got hot and turned to oil and run out leaving your bearings dry.
Mike

Was just going to put that myselfe but its taken me so long to read all this post. Alls well that ends well.:yeahthat:

 

[trevskoda]

brakes

Was just going to put that myselfe but its taken me so long to read all this post. Alls well that ends well.:yeahthat:

first thank some god she got home safe
second,it is ilegal to drive with a known fault,road trafic act etc,i would have taken the chance myself.
thurd,do all mainland people fight and sqable like this,people in norn iron would never do this,te he.
alls well that ends well,best regards the the lady.

 

[onion]

Wow, thought i was reading Sheffield forum for a moment, they all vile on there,

well done Jess, i have been to Jess's house, and it is very rural and scary if on your own, men just don't seem to get that, i remember not long back posting a thread about how bad a car park was with all the idiots racing round and one eventually ploughing into my van, i was merely warning folk that it wasn't a pleasant place to park, i was told to grow up, called a racist, lots of things, people can be so cruel at times.

anyroad, the same happened to me and my van is 3500 weight, i was on the motorway, about 3 miles from my mechanic, i rang him, he told me to bring her in and he would fix it, the caliper had stuck, he advised me how to drive, in second gear, hazzards on, slowly, keeping distance for other vehicles and ready to use handbrake, i asked would i get done if i got a pull he reassured me that as long as i take care i am allowed to drive, you do still have breaks, albeit less effective.

Jess is not stupid and no way would she endanger others or her dogs,

I would be happy to donate £10 towards her brake fund, anyone else want to chip in?, i could arrange this through Phil i'm sure

c'mon, give the lass a break

Hi kimbowbill if this is going ahead then count me in for £10 .

 

[witzend]

Servicing and preventive maintenance could have saved a lot of problems