Hey y'all, I'm back for more know how and stuffs. :D
Alright, since the mechanics in this town cannot be trusted, I'm coming here to see if anyone here would know a little more about brakes in older Subies.
As you all know, I have an 86 Subie GL; I have disc (disk? heh) brakes.
Because it is an older model and I can't afford a newer car, a lot of mechanics in this town know NOTHING about my subie. It's become quite annoying. I'm generally a do-it-yourself-er, but I have no way of lifting my car, and this is a first for me to own one.
Generally, disc and shoe replacement is an easy task (from my past experience), but it seems that most mechanics in town seem to not know a damned thing about my car. They're very unsure about older things, for instance the front rotors and the calipers. Almost every place that I have been to states that they "Don't know". Is this generally the case? Everyone seems to feel that removing the brakes will cause the Armageddon.
OH NOES
Anyhoo, is this generally a misconception that happens with older subies? I've had the brakes on my car for about three years (good ol' subie!) without ANY problems (of course, I don't drive that much).