Re: Corolla shocker leaking - change 1 or both?

Sep 13, 2003 4 Replies



> > 2002 car 15K miles, just been in Toyota agent for service.
> They advised fns
> > shocker leaking
> > and will replace under warranty. Should I request that they
> replace both?
> > Ive always been
>
> IMO, and of those who should know, both should be replaced.
> As it's safety related, it might be worth pointing this out to
> the dealer, and pushing to have both replaced under warranty.
> You might be lucky. :-)
>
> > told that they should be replaced in pairs. Also the originals > likely came
> > from the same
> > batch so the other one could fail soon.
>
> I dont think that is likely to be true.
> After all. Would the seals, shafts, etc have come from the same
> batch ?
> Mike.
>
>

Thanks Mike,



I don't know of any reason why seals, shafts, etc shouldn't come from the same batch, but how far does the JIT ethic spread down the supply chain? That's probably by-the-by and, I hope, we can agree to differ on that matter. Many thanks for your reply, which confirms my own thoughts.



Nic


Both, and argue the toss with your dealer - but I'd genuinely not think they'd have an issue with this.

Recently, our Ford dealership cracked an ABS sensor in one of the lad's rear drums. Unfortunately, they didn't have the part, and we were about to go from one end of the country to the other. So two weeks later and about

2,500 miles, he needed new cylinders for the offending drum, a new ABS sensor wiring loom, and a few other bits and pieces. Of course, they had to replace both sides' bits and pieces to avoid brake balance issues.

The above work wasn't under warranty as such, although since the garage cracked the ABS unit they paid for all of the work done - which is useful since it he's not basically got new rear drum brake components save the physical drums themselves!

How much is a pair of new drums? Can't be too much. Should have bought a new pair of drums, taken them away and painted them with hammerite, and got them to chuck them on instead of the old rusty ones, and bingo, no more rusty drums. You could have then flogged the other drums on ebay!!

And seriously, don't mention it :-)

Peter

Well, each to their own and all that.....

Peter

I do have an utterly crazy idea involving white paint and UV LEDs . . . for glow in the dark brake components.

They'd look _appalling_ in the daylight, though!

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