rotors & pads - any differences

Midas blows.

Last time I was in there ( and I do mean the LAST TIME ) They dragged out a mig welder and were going to weld on a pin that was "missing" on the replacement shoe.

Let me clarify.

Rather than check to see if they pulled the WRONG part there were going to WELD one on the brake system.

Apart from turning, brakes can be done by anyone that is remotely skilled with tools and in far less time than the "brake shops".

Actually it's often cheaper to just buy new rotors from NAPA than to have the old ones messed with. Besides which, you can't turn warp out of a rotor, they just re-warp again when heated. Turning is only good for the older and much thicker rotors.

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....

Indeed Will. I just redid the brakes on a Class C Chevy Van based motorhome that I inherited. I had hand-waving estimates of 800 to 1200 dollars. I swapped out the calipers and pads and one rubber brake line to relieve the pull to the left and it only cost me about $200 total. The fact that I had already done it on the Jeep made me confident that it would not be a problem and it was easy too. The only problem I had was getting the brake line to loosen up where it connected to the metal line. A couple of days of PB Blaster took care of that. Saved a lot of cash there that I am going to put into tires now as it has the original tires from 1992 (really).

Idle question: If you were going to put 6 tires on a Class C motorhome, which ones would you choose? Tomes

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.