Brake Job

you had to replace the rotors and calibers,?????? Why,,,???????

I had my rear brakes done, at the dealer, for 200 bucks,,,,which was probably 50 buck more than a brake shop, but the car was in for other items.

With calipers? At a brake shop that's quite reasonable. Just 2 new calipers will run $300 for parts.

It's actually not uncommon to need to replace both rear calipers over the lifetime of the car. I've replaced one already, you've just gotten both out of the way.

Dave

The car only has 75K.....the driver side caliper had stuck and was wearing down the pads and grooving the surface slighly. The only rotor that was getting damaged was the driver side. I was told the other rotor was not in tolerance if they were to turn it. I have done almost all of my repairs in the past, but now I do not have a place to do so. I think sometimes the place changes all parts due to legality issues. Parts I could have gotten for almost half the price and labor...would have cost me around

Kdod wrote: I think sometimes the place changes all

I think that's the one thing I like most about doing work myself - I'm not subject to someone else spending my money on overpriced, huge margin parts.

Unfortunately, doing it myself means I sometimes have to repeat a task because of an oversight or inexperience. I'm not sure I come out very far ahead in the end.

Dave

I think replacing rear brake calipers, and even less likely, the rotors, is very very uncommon...

If you ignore doing the rear brakes, and run the caliber housing into the rotors - then yes ... could be true.

My rear pads went about 38K (mostly in town), and the dealer flagged them as being within 1/32 of the danger zone.

Guess I should thank him, over priced and all, for helping me avoid a

and to those that do thier own brake jobs - I say why not also make your own tires ; nothing more important that stopping, and I want a stopping expert doing my work.

Sounds to me like you got hosed.

Did the provide any specks as to the measured size of the rear rotors before they condemned them ?

minor grooving of a rotor is common, thats why they make brake lathes to cut the surface of the rotor smooth again.

I think you're wrong. I know of about a dozen Maxima owners who have had to do it.

But then again, your opinion is worth how much, considering you say you don't do brakes.

Why would you thank them? Obviously something was wrong to burn a rear pad in 38k. Probably a sticking parking brake cable, or a sticking rear caliper?!?! But then again that's very very uncommon...

Really, seriously, brakes are not rocket science. Just because you're scared and ignorant of it doesn't mean someone else can't.

Dave

You replace pads - before they completely wear out and cause the rotors to come in contact with the brake pads holders,,which destroys both.

Your Sir are a total moron,,,,,,,

Hopefully I will never have you behind my car during a panic stop,,,,

exactly,,,

Unless he ran the calibers into the rotors for a long time, rear brakes pads, and a rotor turn, should have not cost more than 200 bucks,,,even at the dealer.