What grinds my gears...

[The Blur]

2 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Literally man I live 18 miles away approx. It usually takes 30-40 mins depending what shifts I'm on. This week will be fine, for example, as I'll be setting off at 6:15am but the later shifts make it up to an hour at times. It's the time wasting that annoys me, I could be doing something productive  

Don't lie.  You would just spend it on Foxestalk.   

[Wymsey]

Squeaky car brakes; despite having them topped up a few weeks' ago.

[tom27111]

26 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Squeaky car brakes; despite having them topped up a few weeks' ago.

 

Did you buy budget pads/discs? 

[Wymsey]

6 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

Did you buy budget pads/discs? 

Admittedly, I don't know; got them from a 'Protyre' branch in Leicester.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

6 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

Did you buy budget pads/discs? 

Think it can also stem from regularly braking heavy on new pads, depending on what composition the pads are

[tom27111]

1 minute ago, Wymsey said:

Admittedly, I don't know; got them from a 'Protyre' branch in Leicester.

 

1 minute ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said:

Think it can also stem from regularly braking heavy on new pads, depending on what composition the pads are

 

Could be them 'bedding in', but if they're really cheap, that could be the norm, unfortunately. 

 

Similar to tyres, you can get a budget set, but likelihood is you'll need to replace them so much sooner than if you'd spent around 15 quid more per wheel.

 

The fitters could possibly have done it on the cheap. They'll meet safety standards, but can make an unbearable noise.

 

Hopefully they haven't and it'll settle down soon.

[tom27111]

If it's really winding you up @Wymsey you'll probably need a new car. 

 

PM me 

 

You can't blame a guy for trying 

[SpacedX]

1 hour ago, Wymsey said:

Squeaky car brakes; despite having them topped up a few weeks' ago.

As has been mentioned, likely nothing more than bedding in. Should lessen with usage. If it doesn't, then it's possibly due to moisture in the rotors. 

 

Perhaps we should change the thread title to "what grinds my brakes"?

Edited 4 September 2021 by Line-X

[Guest Electric Yetis]

3 hours ago, The Bear said:

I used to have the exact same commute. 18 miles, 30-40 mins. I used to listen to podcasts to pass the time. 

I'm only 6 miles but regularly takes 35-40 minutes. Leicester traffic is shite.

[tom27111]

4 minutes ago, Rain King said:

I'm only 6 miles but regularly takes 35-40 minutes. Leicester traffic is shite.

I'm in Northampton and about 8 miles away from work, takes bang on 20 minutes. And I have 3 possible routes if traffic is bad.

 

I certainly don't miss driving around Leicester. 

Edited 4 September 2021 by tom27111

[deejdeej]

6 hours ago, Beliall said:

the foxestalk solution to an animal shitting in your garden is to go and get more animals to shit in your garden

This is the kind of material that keeps us here 

[Jattdogg]

8 hours ago, Beliall said:

the foxestalk solution to an animal shitting in your garden is to go and get more animals to shit in your garden

Get @tom27111's missus in the back garden she will sort the cat out.

 

Btw are @tom2711 and @tom27111 the same person? Doppelgangers?

[StanSP]

12 hours ago, tom27111 said:

If it's really winding you up @Wymsey you'll probably need a new car. 

 

PM me 

 

You can't blame a guy for trying 

@Wymsey don't forget to take your clubcard, you might get some discount

 

 

[The Bear]

16 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Squeaky car brakes; despite having them topped up a few weeks' ago.

The pads and caliper can vibrate against each other and cause the squeaking. It's most likely that if the pads are new. 

 

Good mechanics would usually put some copper grease on the back of the pads to prevent this. 

[The Bear]

15 hours ago, Rain King said:

I'm only 6 miles but regularly takes 35-40 minutes. Leicester traffic is shite.

Could you bike to work?

[Guest Electric Yetis]

6 minutes ago, The Bear said:

Could you bike to work?

Tried for a bit. Not great for arthritic knees 🤣

[whoareyaaa]

When a journalist asks a player manager the same question twice in a different tone just happened with Saka and then Southgate

[Parafox]

4 hours ago, The Bear said:

The pads and caliper can vibrate against each other and cause the squeaking. It's most likely that if the pads are new. 

 

Good mechanics would usually put some copper grease on the back of the pads to prevent this. 

I remember years ago having to buy things called "shims", I think to stop squeaking brakes. They were like a very thin piece of some kind of metal that went between caliper and the brake pad.

[Parafox]

On 02/09/2021 at 11:48, Carl the Llama said:

At the launderette getting my clothes done and a couple just rock up with a car filled with bags and take up all the dryers.  Speechless

Were you doing a Levi's advert?

 

[String fellow]

Lots of things grind my gears. Here are four examples (all perhaps a bit left-field),

1. PVD or posterior vitreous detachment. It's an age-related eye defect, causing flashes and floaters. Apparently, there's no treatment for it, although it's meant to become something your brain learns to ignore.

2. Hispasat. All the other main TV satellites serving Europe are easy to locate, because they're all close together on an arc from 45E of the meridian to 5W. But Hispasat, the Spanish satellite, is located at 30W, meaning that you need a wide-angle view of the southern sky to receive it.

3. Locking wheel-nut bolts. They're more trouble than they're worth, and if a garage over-tightens them as happened to me recently, in the case of Peugeots they are likely to break. Then it's a nightmare trying to remove the rest of the broken bolt. 

4. Plumbers who use a hinged monkey-wrench to undo and tighten nuts on pipes. This invariably damages the nut. Are they not aware of the existence of spanners?  

[SouthStandUpperTier]

21 hours ago, The Bear said:

Good mechanics would usually put some copper grease on the back of the pads to prevent this. 

Even bad mechanics manage to at least do this......usually.

[Footballwipe]

Stuff like this: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/jbkitchen

 

tl;dr - Someone wants to buy and do up a unit in Birstall for an eatery to open and wants people to contribute to the costs. Some half arsed story about having given back to the community during Covid and wants to keep doing nice things, but this is still a private entity and ultimately make a fat profit for the owner(s).

 

Absolute cheek of some people.

[Silebyfox_89]

18 hours ago, Footballwipe said:

Stuff like this: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/jbkitchen

 

tl;dr - Someone wants to buy and do up a unit in Birstall for an eatery to open and wants people to contribute to the costs. Some half arsed story about having given back to the community during Covid and wants to keep doing nice things, but this is still a private entity and ultimately make a fat profit for the owner(s).

 

Absolute cheek of some people.

Same as people who ask to pay for trips to Disneyland or to renovate their houses. Arseholes.

[Phil Bowman]

The words ‘troll’ and ‘trolling.’

 

As a member of the bona fide actual troll community, I resent the fact that when I introduce myself as such, people think I’m some saddo who delights in spoiing the internet for everyone, when in reality I only want to be left in peace to jump out from under my bridge occasionally to devour a billy goat.

[The Bear]

1 hour ago, Phil Bowman said:

The words ‘troll’ and ‘trolling.’

 

As a member of the bona fide actual troll community, I resent the fact that when I introduce myself as such, people think I’m some saddo who delights in spoiing the internet for everyone, when in reality I only want to be left in peace to jump out from under my bridge occasionally to devour a billy goat.

I thought you meant you collected dolls with stupid haircuts.