My wife turned up on Sunday after a trip to Auckland with stones jammed in the brakes of her car from going through a lot of roadworks on SH27
There was no easy way to get the stones out from the rear, so I had to take it to my local garage, who removed rear wheels,, disc and callipers and found tiny stones wedged in the backing plates.
Mechanic said he had done three others today and yesterday.
I’ve got a cobber that had same issue, but managed to sort himself.
How can the roading contractor do this to people’s cars?
There was no option given to avoid it, they must know this costs people to get fixed
I’m thinking of sending them the invoice.
Thoughts?
tigertim20,
Jan 19, 2:54pm
How do you propose they create and repair roads exactly?
cabrio1,
Jan 19, 2:55pm
Small beans, Large potholes left by our last "road improvement" buckled two of my wheels. $1850 plus time involved. No chance of recompense.
joanie32,
Jan 19, 2:55pm
In a way that doesn’t cause damage to other people’s property.
joanie32,
Jan 19, 2:56pm
Did you try to get compensation?
intrade,
Jan 19, 2:57pm
the stones can f. k the abs reluctor and sensor also. like on my vw for example
tweake,
Jan 19, 3:01pm
not sure these days but years ago you used to be able to bill the council for damages done to cars by road works. usually just tires but they would only pay % based on wear and had to take them to council office. which made it uneconomic to bother with. tho i did not hear what happened after a roading crew dragged a couple of cars with the trucks through the road works ripping off brake lines etc.
you can try ltsa, tho i think i know what they will say.
laurelanne,
Jan 19, 3:02pm
I buckled a mag thirty years ago. I considered it my own fault for not being sharp enough. I remember thinking, shit , I'm starting to loose it.
rectech,
Jan 19, 3:03pm
The open style mag wheels which leave brake calipers and discs exposed probably make this problem worse. I am amazed when these are fitted to "off road" type suv
tweake,
Jan 19, 3:05pm
its not the road works itself. its because the idiot tarseal crews use about 100x the amount of chip thats actually required which goes everywhere. that also why the seal peals off very very quickly.
tony9,
Jan 19, 3:17pm
Insurance claim.
sw20,
Jan 19, 4:34pm
Drive car in reverse swiftly on an empty street. Jam on brakes hard. Stones should pop out.
nzmax,
Jan 19, 5:20pm
Yet people live and drive on shingle roads everyday, including my parents until recently with mum driving the road daily, and stones getting jammed in the brakes or any other mechanical part under the car didnt seem to be a problem. A trip to the mechanic to have them removed every week would have cost a fortune over a year.
s_nz,
Jan 19, 5:51pm
I think the stone sizes on gravel roads are a lot bigger than what is used in chip sealing.
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joanie32,
Jan 20, 2:31am
This particular car does go on gravel roads without a problem.
The issue is the tiny (approx 5-8mm) chip that is covered in tar seal
They have stuck under the car, I even found them glued to the underside of the running board, and stuck to wheel rims.
Letting cars of any description drive over this is ridiculous.
tygertung,
Jan 20, 4:06am
They should close the road completely until the tar has cooled and the roads have been swept.
sandypheet,
Jan 20, 4:18am
Cant be serious can you? Ever noticed the speed restrictions around road works/ sealing operations.
joanie32,
Jan 20, 4:28am
In this case they could have done a very easy detour.
Unless you live at one of the few houses beside the road works, there was no need at all to be driving on the road.
intrade,
Jan 20, 4:58am
They should use proper road surface not This marmite-veggimix concoction sprinkled with rocks.
wind.turbine,
Jan 20, 5:06am
ok genius, if a detour was so easy then why did wifie not just choose to detour voluntarily to avoid such an inconvenience?
As also said above, reverse with brakes on and they pop right out
kazbanz,
Jan 20, 5:11am
So that begs the question . Why did she drive on it where there was an option to detour?
joanie32,
Jan 20, 5:22am
The road works were not visible or sign posted where the detour could have started.
Plus she doesn’t know the area very well.
Which begs the question
Why was a detour not put in place?
joanie32,
Jan 20, 5:25am
I had tried this
I also removed the wheel
Tiny stones had gone past the disc and got trapped between the handbrake drum and backing plate.
The disc had to be removed.
All done without any name calling I might add.
tygertung,
Jan 20, 8:15am
No of course not. The driver needs to assess whether the road is suitable for driving the vehicle down. It is their responsibility to drive safely and in a fashion which won't damage their vehicle if they don't want it damaged.
Can't be completely closing roads all the time.
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