2004 Mercury Mountaineer - Rear Brakes

This 2004 Mercury Mountaineer came in for a rear brake job and did it need it! The customer waited so long to get her rear brakes done that the brake pads were gone and she had metal to metal grinding on her rear rotor. The rear rotor looked as thin as a potato chip (see picture below). After inspecting the rear brakes, we determined she needed two brake rotors, new brake pads, and a new rear caliper. The rear caliper was needed because the piston on the caliper was pushed out too far and we were unable to get it to budge. 

Top photo: Left - old rotor, Right - new rotor

Bottom Left photo: Old rotor (top) is potato chip-thin; New rotor (bottom) is thicker

Bottom Right photo: This is what it looks like when you wear your brake pads down to the metal; you get metal-to-metal brakes. This causes part damage as you can see. 

This is what it looks like when the piston on the brake caliper fails to retract.

Old brake pads on the top, new brake pads on the bottom. Notice the difference in thickness.