On Apr 5, 2:17=A0pm, "Neil" <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for the excellent advice that's been given regarding
ou=
r
> situation. We're definitely going to get the car fixed or else just park
i=
t.
> 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
aske=
d,
> "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
of=
f?
>
> I took the car in this morning to another place to get a second opinion.
H=
e
> 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
woul=
d
> 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
dr=
um
> 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!
jeez, once you got inside it far enough to replace the cylinders, how
cheap would a person have to be to not replace the shoes? or maybe
he's hoping to double his labor charge when you come back to replace
them later?
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