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salilsurendran
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Sep 1, 2012, 10:56 PM
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Hello Friends,
Recently my brakes started squealing and I took it to a mechanic. He initially said the brake pads would have to be replaced and quoted me around $260 each axle. Then he called me up and said that the front rotors would have to be replaced since they were metal to metal. I was wondering as to why the rotors need to be replaced since they can be resurfaced and I had brake problems for only a couple of days and surely the brake pads would have given some indication that they were wearing out before going metal to metal. He even showed me the place where the metal on the rotor had filed away because of the brake pads being metal to metal. He quoted me $718 + tax. Of which about $315 is labor and $310 is parts and $50 is something like sublet which I think is rotor turning. Is the job too expensive. My car is at 60k miles and this is my first brake job.
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Hammer Time
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Sep 2, 2012, 5:08 AM
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Re: Question about brake job
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Those Maserati's can be expensive to repair
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Hammer Time
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Sep 2, 2012, 7:25 PM
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I guess i should have known that huh?
Those prices sound pretty outrageous. You should be looking at $250 to $300 per axle with new rotors. I don't know what he was subleting. There is no machining for new rotors and at those prices, there shouldn't have been any extra anything charged.
I also question how bad the brakes could have been at that mileage. You would have to have been pretty rough on them to wipe them out at that mileage.
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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Sep 2, 2012, 7:27 PM)
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Tom Greenleaf
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Sep 3, 2012, 2:10 AM
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Deciphering - Quote from top post ">>My car is at 60k miles and this is my first brake job.<<"
IMO that's enough miles to need a full go around with a first brake job. Prices still seem high and didn't check on ranges of parts as still don't know what year this vehicle is. Machining 60,000 mile rotors would be out of the question and also as HT mentioned can't figure on what would be "sublet" out to do this?
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Hammer Time
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Sep 3, 2012, 5:24 AM
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The average mileage I see for front disc brakes these days is about 80 t0 90K and I see them as high as 150K, depending on the type of driving. Rear drum brakes commonly go 150K if the wheel cylinders hold up. When you see 60K, it's usually had the brakes used aggressively, although it does happen.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Sep 3, 2012, 5:53 AM
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OK - I see more lower miles and just plain worn down not real problems for first round. Plenty of folks do mix of stop and go, country driving vs prolonged highway use or all low speed. Some is just mostly vented discs give out shooting rust out of the vented area!
Centric brand (ca-ching$$) makes seriously baked on heat proof painted rotors, drums and other parts that really helps and machine after the painting of course ready and perfect out of box.
True - it all depends on use plus exposure by nature is going to vary greatly,
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