Brakes are a nasty un rewarding task. They are not all that difficult to replace but frozen self adjusters, warped drums and packing the bearings is a pain. Stan On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 20:11:25 -0700 "developtrust" <developtrust@cox.net> writes: > No offense taken, my friend. I defer to your experience. I'm just not > that > savvy about engines and such (Yet) and learn by asking. After > replacing my > voltage regulator and brushes the other day I'm starting to feel > like I > might be able to do brakes. (But I think I will hire that out when > the time > comes.) > > Thanks for the always helpful advice, > William > > > I didn't mean to be a wise guy about the engine ring sets but > you're > > discussing technology that is in Corvette ($60,000 not un common) > Lexus > > (way on up there over $50,000) and comparing ten to thirty year > old > > engines to the leading edge technology. > > It just doesn't make good sense to compare our cheesy little > $6,000.00 > > vehicles to the new technology vehicles power plants. > > My Brother has a Lexus and it comes with a mandatory maintenance > schedule > > or he looses his warranty. The dealership just made $5000.00 worth > of > > minor repairs under an extended warranty, all simple little > things. > > The scheduled maintenance intervals cost about $600.00 per trip > and that > > is about twice a year. There isn't any economy in buying > overpriced > > vehicles. > > 65K and three sets of front struts and shocks so far ............ > just an > > example but true. > > I shudder to think about had badly the Automotive Industry is > bilking the > > public on new vehicles. > > They'll pay you $2000.00 just to take one off their hands, just > pay the > > sales tax and title fees and you're hooked for five years. > > > > Stan Wilder > > 83 Westfalia Air Cooled > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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