Lucky brake

I mentioned in this story how my brakes didn't sound quite right, so I didn't even want to touch that steep San Fran hill. I did the proper thing until I could work on the brakes: avoid hills, minimize fast stops, shift to lower gears to help slow the car when braking.

I wasn't expecting to see this stuff fall out when I took the rear wheel apart. It requires no knowledge of brakes to know that "that ain't right."



The righthand pad had completely come off of its shoe.

Am I glad I fixed it now! (And I think I deserve extra points for fixing my own rear brakes. Those things are complicated.)