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So I'm trying to sell my old Honda civic, kept it in good shape etc..... Any way, brought it to a shop to get a fresh inspection done before i sell it. The next day shop calls and says I need new rotors, all new ball joints in front, brake shoes for the rear, and a brake wheel cylinder. Thought it was a little fishy since I put new ball joints in and new brakes including rotors and drums all around. I tell him to give me a quote and I'll decide if I'll get it done or now.
I pick up the car cause I needed to get home from work and the brake pedal pulses real hard and there is a scraping noise coming from the rear. I have a 15 min ride home, brakes pulse still but the scraping is mostly gone.
Call my brother who works at a parts store.... Gets all the parts that the shop says I need for $100.
Shop calls me next day, $600 he said to do it all! This is when I really start to ponder.... 100 for parts that "I need" and 500$ for labor? No possible way it takes 6 hours to do those little things. I tell him I'll think about it....
That night me and the in-law haul the car in his garage to do the go over( this is where I wish i could post pics) all the ball joints are fine, same with the rotors which I expected cause I changed it 6 months prior. Check out the back and the scraping is from a brake shoe which was twisted to **** and half the brake material gone..... The drum was beat on and seems to be warpped. Pry marks all over the backing plate where the wheel cylinder mounts.
THE BEST THING was seeing the little brake show hold down pin..... A nail with a nut behind the head ad the rest bent over to hold the twisted brake shoe in place!!!
Glad I'm handy with a wrench, cause they sure arn't!
I pick up the car cause I needed to get home from work and the brake pedal pulses real hard and there is a scraping noise coming from the rear. I have a 15 min ride home, brakes pulse still but the scraping is mostly gone.
Call my brother who works at a parts store.... Gets all the parts that the shop says I need for $100.
Shop calls me next day, $600 he said to do it all! This is when I really start to ponder.... 100 for parts that "I need" and 500$ for labor? No possible way it takes 6 hours to do those little things. I tell him I'll think about it....
That night me and the in-law haul the car in his garage to do the go over( this is where I wish i could post pics) all the ball joints are fine, same with the rotors which I expected cause I changed it 6 months prior. Check out the back and the scraping is from a brake shoe which was twisted to **** and half the brake material gone..... The drum was beat on and seems to be warpped. Pry marks all over the backing plate where the wheel cylinder mounts.
THE BEST THING was seeing the little brake show hold down pin..... A nail with a nut behind the head ad the rest bent over to hold the twisted brake shoe in place!!!
Glad I'm handy with a wrench, cause they sure arn't!
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