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my brakes have been scraping for quite sumtime now but i havent had time to check them out. they mostly scrape when i brake and turn sharp and its the most aweful noise. at random times theyll also scrape when i brake hard. i dont know if its the ABS or if its time for new brakes...what should i do?

 
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go to sears
pay $15 for a brake inspeaction.
if you need work done the $15 will go towards the brake job.

 
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or you could just pull off both front tires and check your pad wear. If they are really low, then you need to replace them.

 
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if i were you i'd check them as soon as i could.
1. they are your brakes and your life depends on them
2. it could be a cheap fix, such as new pads
3. your pads could be so low that your calipers are hitting the rotors causing you to possibly have to replace the rotors and the calipers
4. stop being lazy

 
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WTF? how is that being lazy? every mod/detail thats on my car ive done myself...why would something as little as checking the brake pads make me lazy? i go to college full time and i work u call that lazy? dumbass

 
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The brake pads have little metal tabs that are attached to the backing plate. When the pads wear out, the tabs touch the rotor as the brakes are applied. This noise is supposed to be loud enough to make a person have the car checked out. This way the brake pads are replaced before they can wear off the backing plate and then have NO brakes.

I don't understand your posts or replies. You need to examine the pads thickness and probably replace them, and perhaps have the rotors resurfaced if they have been worn down. The noise is there to make you do this NOW. By putting it off, you are driving a vehicle that the brakes could fail on.

You are the person driving around like this. So why call other people names?

 
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word.

 
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well i hope ur not saying that stuff about me...im not here to cause problems i just asked a simple question...i didnt expect to get called lazy out of this because TODAY i put in new brake pads so give me an applause cuz i know a lot of u on this forum are very sarcastic. simple question = simple answer ....or am i wrong?

 
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yo dude...chill out.....

if one member said something you don't like....please don't blame the whole forum for it....if u want, u can PM him and ask why he said such thing...

i found this forum very useful and got a lot of nice members....however, we got thousands of members here.....with thousand of personalities....u should understand that yourself....

bout ur brake....does throwing some new pads fix it?

 
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aiite bro, that lazy part that i said was more of a sarcastic remark and was ment to be taken as a joke. obviously you're a little touchy and i was only trying to help you out by posting. otherwise i wouldnt post and let you worry about your own problems. and just because you do all the stuff yourself and go to school doesnt mean others dont do the same either. do you want a pat on the back evertime you accomplish something?

 
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im only touchy about being called lazy...im everything but that. and i never said no one else goes to school or does their own **** to their car i was just stating examples to u so that i can prove that i am not lazy but that is not the case. the point is that i asked for help and i got it and it is now fixed so i thank all of u...*pats all of u on the back*