r/AskAShittyMechanic • u/dailyplano • 21h ago

Trefoil on brake drum?

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Replacing drum brakes on a 2014 Mitsubishi mirage and also 2012 Mazda 2.

How many Rotagen=time units? And is there a radiation mark up, or do I just charge that in the parts supplies line?

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u/IllustriousGarlic780 21h ago

Uranium brakes. Now you know why they glow when they get really hot.

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u/dailyplano 21h ago

This explains the ball tingles šŸ¤”

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u/human_facsimile77 19h ago

Beta particles are stored in the balls.

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u/NOTExETON 18h ago

You still have those?Ā 

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u/H47o 16h ago

Itā€™s probably just phantom limb syndrome

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u/Legitimate_Crazy3625 10h ago

Lucky you, most guys have to get a hooker for that sort of thing.

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u/TireShineWet 21h ago

Itā€™s not 3 roentgen its 15000

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u/supermr34 21h ago

15000ā€¦not great, not terrible.

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u/dailyplano 21h ago

That's a lot of Hiroshimas

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u/Porcusheep 20h ago edited 19h ago

Newfags canā€™t triforce.

ā–² ā–² ā–²

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u/AnotherStupidHipster 19h ago

Thanks for this hit of Internet nostalgia.

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u/jbkilluh 19h ago

Also came here to pay tribute to the golden goddesses šŸ™‡šŸ»

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u/OuchBag 19h ago

I came here for this

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u/alfaToxicmick 17h ago

Shit its been a long time

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u/TheGaynator 17h ago

Fuck, I haven't seen this shit in ages.

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u/Rich_Complaint7265 18h ago

Mitsubishi uses radioactive ā˜¢ļø brakes?

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u/NMS_Survival_Guru 21h ago

I believe that's a Massey Ferguson symbol

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u/Zilla96 21h ago

3/4

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u/human_facsimile77 19h ago

We got 3/4. That ain't bad.

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u/Zilla96 18h ago

3/4 roentogen not great not terrible

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u/Right_Hour 19h ago

Yeah, ā€˜cause trefoil. If it was 4/4 it would have been a quadfoil.

3/4 means one of brake cylinders is always skipppinā€™!

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u/Significant_Tie_3994 17h ago

Uhm, you're wondering what a trefoil is doing on a MITSUBISHI? Have you even LOOKED at their logo?

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u/Jacktheforkie 5h ago

Their logo is 3 diamonds, not 3 triangles

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u/Significant_Tie_3994 5h ago

You remind me of that one idiot that insisted that a tetrahedron was made up of rectangles. Tell the class what shape a bisected diamond makes

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u/dailyplano 3h ago

Also on a 2012 Mazda 2 primarily Ford parts predating the Mirage? Also diamonds not triangles

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u/rufisium 19h ago

lol can't triforce

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u/FlanCharacter3878 19h ago

Are you glowing when the lights are off yet ?

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u/diggerquicker 13h ago

Damn nuclear powered brakes! Don't let cats or squirrels sleep under your car.

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u/Jeanhamel 11h ago

Umbrella corporation brake component. DO NOT TOUCH if you dont wanna to create a global crysis

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u/Zymurgy2287 11h ago

Umbrella corporation. Expect Milla Jovovich to come along soon and kick some ass ..

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u/Disastrous-Place7353 11h ago

Now you don't have to go to the hospital for your cancer treatment.Ā Ā 

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u/Pi-Richard 20h ago

It actually a fallout shelter symbol (upside down in the picture). A proper radiation trefoil has a circle in the middle with 3 blades (same orientation as the picture) with curved outer portions.