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Finally got around to changing all the bushes/arms/links on the back of the X5 today
Also had the rear brake hoses which weren't looking the greatest last time I had a back wheel off
Wasn't until I'd got the drivers side hose off that I found a slightly worrying sign that I hadn't done the hoses a minute too soon


The scary thing is that I don't even think the Eagle eyed mot tester would have seen it

Still all done now

WOW  don't like the look of that  , as you say  just in time , think mine  front and rear were replaced last pre mot 

What's the pipe for?

o/s rear caliper 

[quote="dark_stranger"]
What's the pipe for?
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Errrr , .......it's a brake pipe .......you know the one that filled with hydraulic fluid to operate the brakes and stop the car. Except that that one is on the brink of bursting/splitting. No fluid, no brakes. No brakes, no stop.....

[quote="Smeeagain"]
[quote="dark_stranger"]
What's the pipe for?
[/quote]

Errrr , .......it's a brake pipe .......you know the one that filled with hydraulic fluid to operate the brakes and stop the car. Except that that one is on the brink of bursting/splitting. No fluid, no brakes. No brakes, no stop.....
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sorry to be pedantic smee but you would stop ...... eventually ..... with a shedload more screaming than normal  ) ) )

[quote="Smeeagain"]
[quote="dark_stranger"]
What's the pipe for?
[/quote]

Errrr , .......it's a brake pipe .......you know the one that filled with hydraulic fluid to operate the brakes and stop the car. Except that that one is on the brink of bursting/splitting. No fluid, no brakes. No brakes, no stop.....
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Errrr thanks.

[quote="ianst0028"]
[quote="Smeeagain"]
[quote="dark_stranger"]
What's the pipe for?
[/quote]

Errrr , .......it's a brake pipe .......you know the one that filled with hydraulic fluid to operate the brakes and stop the car. Except that that one is on the brink of bursting/splitting. No fluid, no brakes. No brakes, no stop.....
[/quote]

sorry to be pedantic smee but you would stop ...... eventually ..... with a shedload more screaming than normal  ) ) )
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Oh I dont think it would be that bad really. Still got front brakes, a touch of handbrake,s shift into manual and down through the gears. Slightly elevated heart rate perhaps.

LOL i didnt say i'd be the one screaming ..... the pedestrians on the other hand

[quote="ianst0028"]
LOL i didnt say i'd be the one screaming ..... the pedestrians on the other hand
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Well if they were screaming more than normal then that means they were screaming anyway, so no real harm done. And them screaming won't stop you any faster

[quote="Smeeagain"]
[quote="dark_stranger"]
What's the pipe for?
[/quote]

Errrr , .......it's a brake pipe .......you know the one that filled with hydraulic fluid to operate the brakes and stop the car. Except that that one is on the brink of bursting/splitting. No fluid, no brakes. No brakes, no stop.....
[/quote]

Bit harsh Smee, not everyone has mechanical knowledge, some people have never seen the underside of a car, doesn't make then bad people  )

Apologies if any offence caused, it wasnt meant like that.