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11-23-2008, 05:50 PM
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Brakes Work....
Well, I hate kids, its a known fact.
I just got back from Lowes and the super market. I was going down the road that leads into my subdivision, going 35, the posted limit of course and all of a sudden a ball comes bounding out into the street. What do I do? I slam on the breaks and lock up the wheels skidding to a stop and the kid.. comes frign chasing after the damn ball! I was also going down hill(yes we have hills in FL) to boot. I get out of the car to make sure the kid is alright and the mother is standing there in the yard on her cell phone yammering away. I yell to her " I see you've got the parenting thing down pat ya jackass, I almost hit your kid. Next time he might not be so lucky Pay the #$#$ attention to your kid!!!" (I think the kid learned his lesson the hard way, big mercedes grill and a train horn blaring in his face, he was walking funny away from that one, shaken up but ok) So I turn into my subdivision, a left turn and I hear a scrubbing sound from the right front... GREAT! Its too dark out to inspect but I think I done broke me a rotor... 
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11-23-2008, 05:52 PM
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Metallic or non metallic?
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11-23-2008, 05:55 PM
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Eagle-co94's chop top had a broken rotor and i drove it... I know the sound of that for sure lol I put new bearings and races up front last summer
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11-23-2008, 06:02 PM
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I have 2 rotors that I removed. 1 of them is in better shape. You can have it for free just pay postage if you want it.
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11-23-2008, 06:23 PM
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we'll see.. I might just buy new ones for the front since they are probably due
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11-23-2008, 06:26 PM
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let me know
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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon 1979 280CE 225,200 miles 1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles 1976 240D 190,000 miles 1979 300TD 220,000 GONE but not forgotten 1976 300D 195,300 miles 1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg
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11-23-2008, 06:28 PM
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I shall
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#8
11-23-2008, 11:58 PM
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I broke the left front rotor on the 240 while braking hard from 70 mph. Then after I figured out what it was, I limped it in 5 miles to work at about 15 mph. The sand paper on sand paper description of the sound is pretty accurate. On the plus side, since I was going so slow, I found a nice Snap On screwdriver laying in the road.
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#9
11-24-2008, 08:31 AM
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Sorry to hear about the drama Joe. At least it happened while you were close to home and didn't cause more of a problem.
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11-24-2008, 08:53 AM
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yea, the whole running over small children, not my thing. pulled the wheel off and nothing is broken, weird. Last edited by TheDon; 11-24-2008 at 09:19 AM.
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