I was driving to work yesterday morning, minding my own business. Almost there, I hit a set of train tracks (as I do every morning) and almost immediately I heard this odd wobbly high-pitched squeaking sound. WTF?! Belt slipping? Intake falling apart?? I only had to drive about a quarter of a mile before I could pull over (not enough time to descend into full panic mode) and it squeaked the whole time until I stopped. Popped the hood, everything appeared to be normal. Revved the engine... nothing. Hmm. Took a look at the driver's side front wheel, and found the problem.

A walnut.
Half a walnut, actually.

Jammed up against the rotor, behind the caliper. One side was completely flattened out, and it was in there so tightly I had to back up to remove it. I'm lucky the damned thing didn't catch fire!




This has been a week of weird stupid problems here on HCF.

 

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How in the hell...?

Did you eat it?

 

I could, It's already roasted. I'm keeping it in my cupholder in case I need a snack.


And I don't know how it got there. We have a lot of black walnut trees on my street, but I was a good 6 miles from home before I heard any noise.

 

oh holy crap! that had me rollin! i thought it was just me that had weird problems like that.

 

Maybe you should post about a kill that you didn't make since you never even raced anyone. That should mislead a few members........lol

 

haha, thats funny stuff!

 

haha..panic mode for nothing, i no the feeling[:'(]

 

I woulda just kept going to see how long it would last in the wheel

 

Yeh, and let it get in someplace tight and maybe damage something?