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Originally Posted by engatwork
LOL
Did anyone ever hear what the brakes are actually doing (or not doing) that makes him think you need new calipers?
I'm setting up a shop to service imports in the Soperton, Ga (one mile off of exit 71 and I-16) area and am going to be real selective (and limited) who I set up as a customer base.
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That sounds great, and the better customers tend to not nitpick every estimate and/or invoice.
We always save the old parts for "show and tell", and every car gets one or two test drives depending on what it was here for.
As for the op, the price sounds a little high. I suspect that flex hoses,rotors and pads are being done at the same time and some regions have pretty high labor rates as well.
The last youngtimer we worked on('81 240D) needed all 20 of the rotor to hub bolts because someone had buggered them all up with an impact. It takes longer, but we use thee lug nuts and clamp the hub to a vise and use a torque wrench. The same car had egg shaped outer wheel bearings because they had been dropped on the floor at some point. That's why we simply don't just throw calipers on and bleed the brakes like one poster suggested should take .5 hours per side. The liability is too great, and we don't do hack repairs by replacing calipers only. We inspect the entire brake system and make up an estimate based on what it takes to bring the entire brake system up to par.
Don't get me started on the phenolic caliper pistons used on domestics, I won't replace pads without doing calipers on those.
05-11-2011, 08:48 PM
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