What is a good price for changing brake pads and disc machining at the mechanic (including labor fee)?
I've gotten quotes in the $300-500 range. I'm looking mainly at independent mechanics instead of dealers.
Brake Pads and Disc Machining
[Deactivated] on 28/10/2014 - 23:51
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At about this time, cars were being made differently. They were getting heavier, stiffer chassis with more impact protection along with leather interior being more affordable on cheaper cars.
This makes them harder to stop at any given speed and rather then engineering brakes to suit, they made the disc softer as it was cheaper overall and they can also sell more disc's as spares.
In the early 90's it would be very rare to need to change a disc before 200k klm if you used standard pads. Towards the end of the 90's it became very common to need disc's changed as early as 20k klm. Manufacturers like DBA seen massive growth as demand increased
Cars getting heavier? I doubt it. Plastics replacing metal, lightweight metals replacing cast iron etc. Generally speaking car brakes have never been better in the history of motoring. In any case you've misinterpreted what I wrote. I said pads, not rotors. The original rotors were given a light machining when the new pads went on at 207,000km and they'll outlast the vehicle. Interestingly roughly "similar" Japanese 4WDs typically got nowhere near those sorts of figures probably because they used softer pads and because consumable parts lasting so long isn't good for the spares/maintenance business.
I didn't see pads, that's a long time for pads!
Average weight of cars has increased steadily. The weight of the engine may be less, as with some individual parts like plastic Vs. metal, however the chassis has gotten beefed up and larger.
Early 80's commodoor with a 6 might only weigh 1.1t
90's went up
2000 went up
2010 went up
They are somewhere over 1.6t nowThe same example can be made for falcons or any other car model that has been around that era or earlier.
An exception might be US cars, but since we don't really get any here its low volume is not applicable
I wouldn't worry about brake pads. Mine wore out ages ago and the hubs seem to be stopping the car well enough. I just turn my stereo up to drown out the sound :)
You're an idiot, mate! What happens when you can't brake no more? You're a disaster waiting to happen on our roads!
i think he's kidding. just maybe.
I could be wrong here, but I think you just got trolled Gorodemon. ;)
Where are you located.I have a mechanic in Sydney who machines each disc for $10
Could you PM the details of your mechanic?
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The larger number. Thought I had done well until another bloke said he'd got 270,000km from his pads. They are no longer available because of the dangers of asbestos dust.