On 2008-01-24, Adrian <toomany2cvs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Whiskers (Whiskers <catwheezel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>) gurgled happily, sounding
> much like they were saying:
>
>>> When were the rear brakes last done?
>
>> Last serviced in the summer and not many thousand miles added since.
>> MOT passed in December.
>
> Mmm. But when were the back brakes last touched?
Errr .... I don't watch the garage doing the work, but the car was 10
years old at the time of the last service in July, and had just over
90,000 miles on the clock. The invoice I paid mentions "renew rear wheel
cylinders and bleed system" and the work-sheet has boxes for "check
operation and condition of front brakes" and "check operation and
condition of rear brakes (including handbrake)" and "carry out brake
re****t" all of which were ticked. The pads/shoes at the front were
re****ted as having 20% wear, and the rear 25%, and the discs/drums were
described as 'corroded' (I was also charged for "brake cleaner" which I
assumed was to deal with the corroded discs). The brakes seemed to me to
be working correctly, right up to the moment they weren't.
Naturally, I'll draw all that to the attention of the garage when I go in
to tell them that my brakes failed.
I remember that the first time I took the car for an MOT, back in 2001,
the garage (not the one I use now) told me the front brake shoes were
'fake' and crumbling and had to be replaced before they'd let the car back
on the road. They showed me some that were indeed in a bad way (but then
they would, I suppose).
>> I'll have to get it towed to the garage when I get around to
>> thinking about it again - family matters take precedence at present.
>> I just hope public trans****t can fill the gap well enough.
>
> Good luck with the family matters/emergency, but get it recovered to the
> garage today, and it'll probably be ready tonight or tomorrow... It's
not
> a big job, only an hour or two and maybe £100 in parts at most.
I didn't have time to arrange anything before resorting to rail travel,
and only got back last night. I sincerely hope it doesn't cost more than
about 100 quid to fix - I'm skint. Railway tickets are not cheap, either!
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