Guess what I did

Previologist · 2026-02-28T00:19:06+00:00

No really, you have to guess because I don't know. The winner will win a "you guessed right" award when I visually determine what I did, which may be 6 months from now because I'm going out of state. The facts: I drove my 4runner long after my brakes started grinding badly. Since I planned to replace the rotors next time I do brakes, and its way too bloody cold to do them in the winter, and I don't drive my rust free other Toyota in the winter because I want it to remain rust free, I just kept driving. One more week and I would have been home free. But last weekend I was 30 miles from home and the pedal bottomed out. The reservoir was way low so I added fluid, and within a short while the pedal bottomed out again. I then noticed brake fluid sprayed all over the driver side of the car, coming from the left front wheel. Thankfully its a 5 speed so I limped home 30 miles using the engine for braking, stopped at the car wash 5 miles from home, washed the heck out of it, and drove it all the way home and into my garage without using the brakes. I am leaving town (in my rust free Toyota lol) in a few days and may not even get the wheel pulled before I go. So I'm curious what you think happened. Remember the awesome reward/award you might get 6 months from now.

Thread starter Previologist
Start date Feb 28, 2026

Previologist

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48 minutes ago

rdruss said:
That's called 'neglect'.

How did you guess?

The facts: I drove my 4runner long after my brakes started grinding badly. Since I planned to replace the rotors next time I do brakes, and its way too bloody cold to do them in the winter, and I don't drive my rust free other Toyota in the winter because I want it to remain rust free, I just kept driving.