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[cooper_shaz]

Was out with a friend for lunch a little while ago and whilst driving she had to "ATTEMPT" an emergency stop
due to someone stepping out.
To my horror nothing really happened when she stomped on the brakes.
She told me the brakes had been making funny noises etc and were not very good.

I tried them and they were non existant...!

So after trying to work out what was wrong
after taking of the wheel I found this...

Look closely boys and girls as you will not see this often and live to tell the tale.

The brake disc has been getting ground away because the brake pads were down to the metal.

The disc is so thin than it has cracked and came away, i think it was about .5mm thick..
yes 0.5mm

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[wobbit]

just a bit dodgy!

[Feeble]

Know someone who's knowingly driven with brakes like that... He's a t**t though!

[Jammy]

I can't believe people can get away with driving like that! Glad you now need to know a least a little bit to pass a driving test!! Thats just unbelievably dangerous!

[Sprocket]

Looks like the pads are in back to front and upside down

Hang on wheres the rest of the disc

[miniboo]

quick skim and they will be fine!!

seriously though that is very scary

is that a citroen or pug?

[1984mini25]

is that a citroen or pug?

i'm going for a 1.1 pug 106

[Lomcevac]

Cmon Shaz you are winding us up.

[nev_payne]

err - *ponders over a 1 liner*

well thats why I have drums all round !

seriously tho that is somthing of a complete disaster - surely though a garage must have seen those at least some way thru the grinding? man she needs to find a better mekki to do her work

[1984mini25]

That’s why when you car making funny noises you get it looked at sooner that later

Not only for you safety but other as well

[cooper_shaz]

is that a citroen or pug?

i'm going for a 1.1 pug 106

Full marks, well done 1.1 pug 106

Cmon Shaz you are winding us up.

Afraid not, if you actually look at the pic you can see the bottom of the disc has actually split as it was so thin.
If she had to do a reverse then that part of the disc would have snapped off..

She is not very good at "Looking after her car"

this must have been happening for a fair amount of time..

Yip if it makes a noise it should not, then something is not right...

I still get this "oh my god pulse racing feeling " just thinking about it and what could have happened
if ........

Still i dont thing she will be ignoring that kind of noise again after the telling of she got >

[THedooBZ]

that is crazy, they must have been binding quite badly to wear that bad, because even if the mot was a year ago they would have been quite thin on the ground then.

[CharlieBrown]

that is crazy, they must have been binding quite badly to wear that bad, because even if the mot was a year ago they would have been quite thin on the ground then.

Thats what I was thinking, how would that get passes an MOT!!!??


I cant belive someone would drive a car round like that, they shouldnt be allowed on the road. Its incredibly irresponsible! >

[Steamo]

This beggars belief!!

You don't need any mechanical knowledge to stop this happening - just a bit of common sense.

[Mini Mad James]

How can you drive around with pads worn down that much without realising

No wonder pugs keep crashing into our lovely minis