Why do you do this to me, NASCAR? Why do you do this to us all?

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WHAT A FINISH!!!!!!! #ErikJones #NASCAR

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Oh, nice! Maybe Anthology (Beatles) then?

Ever listen to Dark Side of the Moon in full?

Marten Truex Jr.

Poor Truex.

*LaJoie to the world, all the boys and girls; LaJoie to the fishes in the deep blue sea, LaJoie to you and me.*

Ready to make some more history… in style.

There’s just something so aesthetically nice about the Connecticut-class pre-dreadnoughts when they were given cage masts. They just look so nice to me.

Become a mechanic! /s

But seriously, I don’t bite my nails anymore because last time I did, I got a mouth full of transmission fluid and gear oil (I was replacing a driveshaft). I suppose the trauma was enough to stop the habit lol. Now I just fidget with a ratchet instead. And wear gloves.

Not bad, but kinda weird and quite fun

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Please get these things off the road before they kill more innocent people. As a mechanic, never have I seen a ‘truck’ as underbuilt and with as poor a build quality as the Cybertruck. This thing is built flimsier than a Nissan Sentra, but is 7x the weight and 100x more dangerous.

You really need a full system diag to actually find out what’s wrong, because brake systems are weird and one small issue can cause a world of problems. (Took a course specifically on auto brake systems, trust me, they’re finicky.) Best you can do is have a reputable shop hunt the real problem down.

Now, I cannot say anything definitively, as I obviously cannot see the car or diag the issues myself, but it sounds like it could be a multitude of problems - seals, ABS, booster, master cylinder, calipers, even something as simple as someone left the caliper bleed valve open.

I’d say take it to a different shop. It really doesn’t seem like they’re running proper diag on the brake system, and instead are just acting as parts cannons.

Does it still have full power? If it’s an issue with the brake booster, usually you’ll have engine vacuum issues as well. Any codes?

That noise honestly has me stumped. I don’t know anything in the brake system that could make that kind of noise idling. Unless you have electric or hydraulic assisted braking instead of traditional vacuum assist? But I don’t know of any Mazdas with those, most cars have standard vacuum assist.

Make/model/year? That’s an extremely weird sound for anything in the brake system to be making. Can you get a picture of the master cylinder and brake booster?

All wrapped and ready for Florence.

Brake jobs are also surprisingly simple (as long as it’s not a more modern FWD car with the parking brake that’s integral to the caliper piston), so you may be able to do the work yourself and avoid paying labor costs.

…probably separated from the backing plate and are scraping the rotor, and you need to have it looked at right away. You can probably climb under with a flashlight and check.

Sounds like a really bad pad or rotor. Could potentially also be wheel bearing, but those usually scream instead of scrape. If you’re hearing it while breaking, get the pads/rotors done at earliest possible convenience. If you’re hearing this with no brake application, it means the pads have…

I wanna see him take someone his own age. Doesn’t even have to be a professional fighter - I bet Cole Custer would whip his ass. (Shown: Custer laughing after getting punched by Chandler Smith.)

Sorry, I know you followed this account for NASCAR stuff, but can we all agree nothing would unite this country like Mike Tyson beating the shit out of Jake Paul?

The bane of my existence- the Ford 5.4l 3v Triton V8. It’s got a spark plug job coming up soon. As anyone familiar knows… that is *fun*. Glad I have the extractor tool… #Mechanic

Ah, that sounds about right. Sudden loss of braking power is usually a fluid issue, except in cases of total catastrophic failure of the system. Glad everything is okay!