stopbush
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Sat Feb-19-05 01:47 PM
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Most F-ed Up Reason For A Brake Repair - EVER! |
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So I go to the brake shop today to get my front tire examined. The passenger-side tire is making a funny noise, but not all the time. They get the tire off and take a look, and what do they find? Why, the remnants of a plastic bag caught up between the disc and calipers. And unfortunately, the plastic had gotten heated up, melted together...and proceeded to form a hard chunk that gouged the rotor into "must be replaced" mode.
So the cost of fixing everything ran to $297 that I really couldn't afford. Shit!
That's one big problem with Vegas: there's so much construction going on and people throwing their garbage out of their windows that there's shit all over the roads. I've lived here under two years and I've had 5 flat tires from picking up nails that are all over the place. But a plastic bag screwing up your brakes? That's a new one.
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Catch22Dem
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Sat Feb-19-05 01:50 PM
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1. Wow, now THAT'S bad luck |
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Sat Feb-19-05 01:52 PM
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2. Random occurances based on a series of seemingly chaotic factors... |
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suck.
It guess it's time for some overtime.
Sorry.
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nothingshocksmeanymore
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Sat Feb-19-05 01:54 PM
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3. Yeah I always buy the road hazard protection when I get tires |
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Same thing in my area of So Cal...so 10 bucks more than pays for itself over the life of the tires
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Sat Feb-19-05 01:56 PM
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An easy solution would be to learn how to do your own brakes.. It's not very difficult, and you'll save thousands of dollars. Professional brake jobs are a complete rip-off.
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stopbush
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Sat Feb-19-05 01:58 PM
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5. How do you re-tool a rotor without a lathe? |
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I guess you could just buy two new rotors (the new one cost me $69) and save on the ridiculous labor charges.
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:03 PM
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6. I hate to tell you this but Rotors are about 20 bucks each. |
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:18 PM
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8. Yea.. Rotors are unbelievably cheap |
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The job only gets tricky if you have to replace calipers and/or fittings.
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:04 PM
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7. And the rotor was so shot it couldn't be turned? |
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:40 PM
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10. Some places have guys who will turn the rotors... |
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although I've never bothered when doing my own brakes.
Depending on this, that, and whatever, replacing rotors could be slightly tricky. Bearings 'n stuff, you know.
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:19 PM
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9. Wow, that plastic is on sterioids! |
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Sat Feb-19-05 02:55 PM
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11. That's why I approve of the death penalty for litterers |
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