Thread: Piston in Caliper shattered

Yes, today I decided to change my rotors and brake pads on the front. I procede to pull my sentra into the garage and I apply the brakes once the car is in the garage and the pedal goes to the floor and I hear this weird crack/knock noise. (you know that gut feeling when your stomach falls to the floor?) well i got that thinking I for some reason had spun a bearring so I shut the car off. I get out and jack the car up and see a shit ton of clearish fluid under/around both front wheels....I pull the wheels and take the calipers loose from the hub and the piston on both calipers had busted and fell out.

I have never seen this happen before. I have heard of a piston going through a rotor but never the piston just cracking and/shattering.

I got new calipers and Im fixed again but wow lol....Anyways, I have new front brakes, rotors, and calipers...car stops very well now haha and have new brake fluid.

What do you guys think about this poop?

today my clutch cable snapped on me...its great lol. blah blah blah

I want pics of this piston carnage. That's some crazy odds!

you must have been driving metal on metal with your brake pads. or possibly have nx brakes with standard se-r rotors. they are thinner iirc. so piston comes out. never seen them shatter though.

PICS!

yea it was crazy and my pads were ok...they were not to the metal but also werent awesome. I have nx fronts with nx rotors. It did piss me off but then again I was like holy shit this actually happend lol. The forum will not allow me to post attatchments for the pics.