Thanks to everyone for the excellent advice that's been given regarding our
situation. We're definitely going to get the car fixed or else just park
it.
But now there's a slight situation.
I talked to the shop that gave the quote, and it was $130, not $110, which
is fine. Only thing is, I asked him what would be replaced. He said the
wheel cylinders. I asked about the brake shoes, and he said that they just
have a little brake fluid on them, so he would just clean them off. I
asked,
"What if they're soaked in brake fluid?" And he said that he would still
just clean them off. As long as they're not falling apart, he said, they
should be fine.
Does that sound right to you? Leave the brake shoes and just clean them
off?
I took the car in this morning to another place to get a second opinion.
He
was going to give me a free brake inspection for the rear brakes. But
then,
when he got to it, he said that the rear drum had bearings, and he would
have to repack the bearings, which would be a half hour of labor, and
would
have to charge me for that. So he didn't take the drum off. But, he said
that he saw brake fluid leaking out of the drum which, he said, indicated
that brake fluid was definitely in the drum, and, therefore, on the shoes.
(Since that was all I needed to know, I didn't need for him to take the
drum
off.)
So, if there's so much brake fluid in the drum that it's leaking out the
other side, there must be a fair amount of fluid on the shoes. Would just
cleaning the shoes be enough?
Thanks!
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