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Over the years, I've had strange side issues pop up after jacking up my car at home to do repairs:
- Rear brakes started making a scraping noise after doing fluid changes. I had the front end jacked up changing the oil & ATF and I guess the back end sagging for several hours broke loose some rust flecks. Driving for a bit made the noise go away.
- Again, had the front end jacked up to do some work. When I finished up and went to back the car out of the garage, the brake pedal felt rock hard, like it had no assist and the booster was bad. I toggled the e-brake off/on several times thinking that it got bound up from the car being lifted up for many hours, but that only helped a little. I backed the car out anyway with the hard pedal and after a few stops, it loosened up and the pedal felt normal again.
- Instead of a hard pedal, I once ended up with a soft pedal after changing tie rods. Confused the heck out of me since I didn't touch the braking system. I looked online and people said Hondas sometimes need hard braking to "reset" the caliper pistons. It seemed weird but I went out to an empty back road late at night and slammed on the brakes a few times to trigger the ABS. Pedal went back to normal again and has been fine since lol
- Ball joint failure shortly after I rotated tires at home. I used the 2 jack method on each side, so I'm guessing the weight shift to an already weak LBJ finally did it in. A similar thing happened with a rear wheel bearing.
Any of you guys also have unrelated side issues pop up after doing a repair?
- Rear brakes started making a scraping noise after doing fluid changes. I had the front end jacked up changing the oil & ATF and I guess the back end sagging for several hours broke loose some rust flecks. Driving for a bit made the noise go away.
- Again, had the front end jacked up to do some work. When I finished up and went to back the car out of the garage, the brake pedal felt rock hard, like it had no assist and the booster was bad. I toggled the e-brake off/on several times thinking that it got bound up from the car being lifted up for many hours, but that only helped a little. I backed the car out anyway with the hard pedal and after a few stops, it loosened up and the pedal felt normal again.
- Instead of a hard pedal, I once ended up with a soft pedal after changing tie rods. Confused the heck out of me since I didn't touch the braking system. I looked online and people said Hondas sometimes need hard braking to "reset" the caliper pistons. It seemed weird but I went out to an empty back road late at night and slammed on the brakes a few times to trigger the ABS. Pedal went back to normal again and has been fine since lol
- Ball joint failure shortly after I rotated tires at home. I used the 2 jack method on each side, so I'm guessing the weight shift to an already weak LBJ finally did it in. A similar thing happened with a rear wheel bearing.
Any of you guys also have unrelated side issues pop up after doing a repair?
