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#32 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2016
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#33 |
What's up braj?
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Placencia, Belize
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: KC
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Fight, build, win!
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: KC
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#36 |
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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$1800 for brakes is BS. Is it a Porche/Jag/ferrari? Only way that makes any sense.
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#37 |
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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Well, l must apologize for misquoting the price. It was $475 for each axle instead of wheel. That still seems like a lot of money for rotors and pads. Maybe if they were replacing the calipers I could accept that.
First time working on a rear disc brake with the screw in calipers. I got a tool that fits in the indents on the piston and you use a ratchet to turn it in. That's a no go. Piston will turn and doesn't go in. Can't get enough inward force. So, large c-clamp and a pair of channel locks on the piston. I should have gotten the tool that applies force while you turn as it's hard to hold the caliper, the ratchet, push in with a lot of force and turn at the same time. Anyway 3 out of 4 done. And that's just exactly how many wheels where stuck on the hubs. AAA came out and did the first, he had a Harbor Freight 2lb dead blow hammer. So, I got one of them now as well. |
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#38 |
Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Somewhere Out There
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Brakes are a pain in the ass. Just having to do them is a pain in the. ASS.
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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I can't imagine having to change a tire somewhere and trying to get a stuck wheel off with the crappy jack that comes with a car. Must be why people have AAA. |
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: The Tolerance Box
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It’s a time/cost proposition for me. Spending an hour or more changing my oil (going to store for oil and filter/getting car up on jack stands/changing oil/sclepping used oil back to store for disposal) might save me -40 bucks.. Shop charges $70 for oil change, ride to work and back, and the do an inspection. Drive shaft was going to be over $800. IIRC aftermarket DS cost me $180. took 1.5 hours. I’ll spend an hour and a half on the garage floor to save $500….but not for $50. |
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What's up braj?
Join Date: Jun 2008
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