truck swerved with hard braking
Ok, here is the story. I was driving on the interstate it must have been approaching an uphill. Truck in the right lane moving slow. Another truck moving up on me in the left lane. So I hit the gas to...
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Well the truck is back from the dealer and I can report results. I was told the mechanic inspected the brakes and there is plenty of life on the pads (10mm) and the brakes are functioning properly. So they did no service.
I had said might as well rotate tires but only if you need to remove the tires to check the brakes, otherwise the tires are not due for rotation. I was told they did not need to remove the tires. That they were able to inspect the brakes without removing the tires. This surprises me. I thought tires needed to be removed to inspect brakes.
So the braking incident remains a mystery. Several theories were presented in the responses here that it could have been an anomaly. I will do as some suggested to find some open road and try some hard braking to see if I can reproduce the problem.
I had said might as well rotate tires but only if you need to remove the tires to check the brakes, otherwise the tires are not due for rotation. I was told they did not need to remove the tires. That they were able to inspect the brakes without removing the tires. This surprises me. I thought tires needed to be removed to inspect brakes.
So the braking incident remains a mystery. Several theories were presented in the responses here that it could have been an anomaly. I will do as some suggested to find some open road and try some hard braking to see if I can reproduce the problem.
