a good friend of mine asked me for help with the rear brakes on his beater commuter taurus. it was a nice car back in the day, loaded with leather, etc., but now has over 300K.
the garage he took it to says he needs new drums, it's going to cost $300!
I take a look, it has DISCS, I tell him we can do it sat afternoon.
quick trip to Autozone, duralast pads for $15.99, and about 2hrs work we were done.
found issues: one slider pin was rusted, inside pad was dragging. on the other side, as first look they seemed ok, BUT checking more carefully, I saw the inside pad was installed crooked, wearing at an angle!
anyway, he was blown away that we could do a $300 job for so cheap!
the car has a lot of other issues, but he just needs to keep it running for cheap for now. rear tires are shot, rear swaybar links are busted, etc.
the garage he took it to says he needs new drums, it's going to cost $300!
I take a look, it has DISCS, I tell him we can do it sat afternoon.
quick trip to Autozone, duralast pads for $15.99, and about 2hrs work we were done.
found issues: one slider pin was rusted, inside pad was dragging. on the other side, as first look they seemed ok, BUT checking more carefully, I saw the inside pad was installed crooked, wearing at an angle!
anyway, he was blown away that we could do a $300 job for so cheap!
the car has a lot of other issues, but he just needs to keep it running for cheap for now. rear tires are shot, rear swaybar links are busted, etc.
