# Dead Rat in Brakes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-rat-in-brakes/165231>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** impreza-wagon, subaru\
**Created:** [June 2, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-rat-in-brakes/165231 "2020-06-02T18:35:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-rat-in-brakes/165231/21 "2020-06-03T04:41:28Z")

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Sweetest cat ever, but that siamese cat voice! That was why I named her Chani, Loved that lady in the books!

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-rat-in-brakes/165231/22 "2020-06-03T16:23:50Z")

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It wasn’t too bad dragging a kitten out of the pulleys on a pickup and the owner didn’t complain paying the 1/2 hour minimum shop rate for 2 minutes work. All in a days work, isn’t it.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-rat-in-brakes/165231/23 "2020-06-04T02:08:33Z")

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I also don’t get why the shops refused to remove a dead rat from the brakes. I did it on that SAAB and it was no big deal. Being paid well for doing a complete brake job on a near new car did not hurt things either; at least once the car owner settled down over the fact there is no warranty operation for R & R of a dead rodent.

About 10 years ago I started my Lincoln up one morning (summertime) and heard a horrible screech under the hood. I found a roughly 4 or 5 month old black kitten mangled in the serpentine belt with all of its guts hanging out and still alive. Getting a firearm out of the house would have prolonged things so I grabbed the handle for the car jack and bashed its head in. It may sound cruel but that was the fastest way to end the suffering. Quite a mess to clean up and no pay for that one.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-rat-in-brakes/165231/24 "2020-06-04T05:20:36Z")

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> [@ok4450](#):
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> I grabbed the handle for the car jack and bashed its head in.

I did that with a rabbit too. Just kept running around in circles though half dead. When we hunted, the first thing we’d do when we picked up a pheasant or duck that we shot was ring its neck to make sure it was dead. Sounds bad but quick and effective.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dead-rat-in-brakes/165231/25 "2020-06-04T12:48:36Z")

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> [@Purebred](#):
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> I really don’t understand how that is possible at all.

Me too. I want to see pictures.

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