Rotor ‘Blows Up’

Safebraking owes a huge tip of the hat to r/justrolledintotheshop and redditor eldoradoslim for this story.

A 2005 Honda Accord was towed into this mechanic’s shop shop the driver side brake rotor “blew up or something.” He said that “no one had ever seen this before ever.”

Here are the original images.

Right side rotor
Right side rotor

 

Left side rotor...used to be here
Left side rotor…used to be here

 

The two compared side by side
The two compared side by side

 

Rotor blew through the rim
Rotor blew through the rim

 

And the lower control arm was also bent
And the lower control arm was also bent