Re: rotors & pads - any differences

"Will Honea" ...
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> Will Honea wrote:
>>> Tomes wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can likely do this yourself, changing rotors and pads is easy
>>>> and will save you a lot of money. I did it. It will also help you
>>>> become moreso one with your Jeep.
>>>> Tomes
>>>
>>> Ain't that the truth!  My daughter needed new brakes so I told her
>>> to
>>> call and get some quotes then come over.  She got quotes from $200
>>> up
>>> - plus parts so when we walked out of the parts store with pads and
>>> rotors for under $75 she started muttering about the "damned
>>> thieves!" - then she got really irritated when we had the fronts
>>> finished in 30 minutes and decided the rears were good to go as they
>>> were.
>>>
>>> Only problem with that was that she decided that's Dad's Garage was
>>> the place to get all her repairs done....
>>
>> I don't see anything wrong with that, but you might want to consider
>> walking her through the repairs instead of doing them yourself, so
>> that next time she knows how to do them.
>>
>
> Matter of fact, any more she comes in and just starts with whatever
needs
> doing.  She asks when she's not sure but doesn't even expect me to watch
> now.  Still wants a final QC inspection but she's gotten to the point
that
> she changed out ball joints, tie rod ends, and even did a friend's
timing
> belt.  Needed a little help setting that up but the rest was pretty much

> on
> her own.  Feels good to see her looking out for herself.

Very cool indeed.