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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - How the f@#$?
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| Lawrence Slater |
| Looks like you got your money's worth out of that one Lawrence! |
| Greybeard |
| What vehicle is (was) that disc on? |
| Andy Hock |
| Reminds me of a spridget at a local breakers in the mid 1980s, they had 3 which gave up useful parts, one in particular had a front end shunt and the brake discs were very thin and had radial fractures which matched the pad edges. Good thing MOT standards have improved as my frogeye had fibreglass sill covers when I got it and about half the lower outer steel sill was missing, the inner sill was there but not in the best condition either. For a £50 car in 1985 it was far better than others I have seen though. |
| David Billington |
| Drilled and slotted discs? |
| Guy W |
| I've no idea what it's off. It's from a magazine. Someone posted it in a Ford site. I'm wondering how it ever managed to wear out the entire centre section without the driver intervening before it got that bad. |
| Lawrence Slater |
| Ford driver??? SNM :) |
| Bill sdgpM |
| That looks like my daughters 1985 VW Jetta except the disc never got that bad. The pads were gone but the rotor was still all there albeit very thin. Replaced both. |
| Martin Washington |
| Nice block paving ;o) |
| Dave O'Neill 2 |
| Hey....thats what happens when you use your car as a brake lathe! Ask me how I know! lOl! |
| Steven Devine |
| Its only thin in the middle...at least it was a quite ride |
| Prop and the Blackhole Midget |
| I'm not entirely convinced that is genuine? I don't understand what would hold the outer 'ring' exactly in position? Surely the last fragments that hold the inner and outer 'rings' together would still be there? Unless it was all tidied up and positioned for the photo.... Jim |
| J Smith |
| those of a certain vintage and sense of humour may remember Anne Elk's famous dinosaur theory from Monty Python: The disc is her polar opposite: Thick at one end...much much thinner in the middle...and then thick again at the far end... no? |
| David Cox |
| Them's my thoughts exactly Jim. Staged for effect. Mind you I've been down to the metal before too, just not that far. Always a place for Monty Python :). |
| Lawrence Slater |
| I think this shows a more realistic disc failure: https://mattersoftesting.blog.gov.uk/horror-story-brake-disc Indecently, that Matters of Testing blog has some interesting articles relating to MOTs (in the UK) It is run by the the DVSA. https://mattersoftesting.blog.gov.uk/author/matters-of-testing Jim |
| J Smith |
| Clickable. I hope :-) http://mattersoftesting.blog.gov.uk/horror-story-brake-disc http://mattersoftesting.blog.gov.uk/author/matters-of-testing |
| Greybeard |
| Maybe the driver was disabled. ie. DEAF! |
| Bernie Higginson |
| LOL Bernie!! |
| Greybeard |
| :) |
| Lawrence Slater |
| Hmm, better check my discs then ! ;-) |
| Guy W |
| Are brakes really necessary if you got curbs along the road |
| Prop and the Blackhole Midget |
Why don't you write what you want to say and hide it by f@#$? I see that as a typical USA habit and I don't really understand why? Same as the biebs on tv when someone says something not appropriate? |
| Jan Willem |
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