[imtehman]

Hey guys,
I had Midas brake pads on my '06 lx coupe's front wheels for a while and the steering wheel would shake whenever I used the brakes - apparently, it was a heat dissipation problem caused by their crap pads whenever they touched the stock rotor. This morning I took it to a honda dealership and they resurfaced the rotors and changed out the pads for stock pads.

What really annoys me is that the genius at midas apparently didn't know what he was doing and destroyed something called a "dust gasket". They took me back and showed me. Apparently, he didn't release the air pressure out of that thing before he put everything back together and the first time the pads were used, it "exploded". I didn't really understand what they were telling me, yeah. Midas test drove it, so I'm thinking they heard it go and then didn't tell me they had f'ed my ride up. Those pricks.

I'm just wondering, what is this "dust gasket" thing and if it's even worth repairing - how much would that cost? To me, it just looked like a rubber ring with a hole in it. Honda wouldn't give me an estimate, said I should call Midas and see if it would be covered under the famous brake guarantee they supposedly have. I did, and Midas says it must've been Honda. I doubt that, but they have a point - I don't think I have any way of proving it wasn't Honda.

*sighs* moral of the story = never go to Midas!