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So, driving along at about 30, suddenly here a crunching grinding knocking noise coming from the osf front. Sounds like something has gotten stuck in the wheel between the rim and the caliper. f*ck. Pull over, call a mate to come check it out.
find the wheel bolts are done up bastard tight, so I stand on the brakes to hold the car, and hear a loud ish pop and the pedal goes to the floor. Bollocks. Get the wheel off, no sign of leaking, however I do pull the pad wear sensor out of the caliper, that had been the cause of the noise.
Go to the other side and find a massive puddle of brake fluid.
Turns out the brake line had been rubbing on the inside of the tyre, and had worn through 
f*cking lucky, I've just driven 400 miles on the motorway, it could have gone at anytime, but it pops in the car park of a local care home.
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That's what you get for working on your car like a pikey!
Seriously though, lucky!!
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Pffft, how was I to know it was touching? I'll deffo triple check from now on tho!
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Yeah dude as I said earlier bloody lucky!
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Wow you were stupidly lucky!
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You're one hell of a lucky sonbitch
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Lolz. When you told me i didn't expect you to have nearly killed yourself in the process... VERY luck ass'sam
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Your little NAD was looking after you
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(29-01-2013, 05:16 PM)MissTap_GTI6 Wrote: Your little NAD was looking after you
Look after your nads and they will look after you!
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(29-01-2013, 05:18 PM)Niall Wrote: (29-01-2013, 05:16 PM)MissTap_GTI6 Wrote: Your little NAD was looking after you
Look after your nads and they will look after you!
Ahaha! Yes! This is bible.
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Lucky.
Now you get the fun game of trying to replace the brake line and bleed the caliper without destroying the old nuts or tearing the bleed nipple to pieces.
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Yeah, bloody lucky! What gets me is the noise that caused me to stop was on the other side of the popped line, AMD I didn't even put my foot down hard on the brake to burst it!
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lucky man, that nad must really love you
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Haha, that could have gone worse! Count your stars mate, that and actually start checking your work, douche. :p
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Will you pick me some lottery numbers for tonight cos your clearly one lucky fucker
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@ Sammykins. Could you send me your email address, I can't pm you or post in wanted ad.. Regarding Laguna splitter. Cheers mate, Stu
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Wow.. that could have hurt. A lot. Lesson learned eh? I know what I'll be checking next time I mess with brake lines.
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Happend to me in my old saxo, i was pulling up to a busy road doing about 30 went to brake then bang. Drove home using handbrake
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f*ck sake my sabotage didn't work 
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(11-02-2013, 04:06 PM)the milkman Wrote: f*ck sake my sabotage didn't work
I should have know!! pikey f*ck
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I know right! I'm that pikey even my sabotage wet tits up
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lucky! All of my brake fluid leaked out in the 1.4 and the pedal got softer and softer and i had to stop it in a layby with the handbrake D:
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Would never of happend if you were driving a 306 
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(11-02-2013, 07:48 PM)puglove Wrote: Would never of happend if you were driving a 306
No. He would of used a BMW as a brake!
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True story! It's what they're here for, innit
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look at it this way. Irene was a martyr. Killed her self for the greater good!
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The greater good....
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Mine lost all it's fluid as I pulled on the driveway, very grateful it went there.
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(11-02-2013, 08:05 PM)sammykins Wrote: The greater good....  So glad you repeated that.
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