VANAGON archives -- January 1995 (#591)

Date:         Wed, 11 Jan 1995 11:39:52 -0500 (EST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         sstones <sstones@io.org>
Subject:      Re: Dealer service ripoff?
On Tue, 10 Jan 1995, John Gladu wrote:

> 
> They say the brakes need work.  And that VW says "thou shalt not machine
> rotors or drums" and they'd have to be replaced.

That sounds like BS to me, I don't know of anyreason not to turn the 
drums and rotors provided that they still have a reasonable amount of
metal left on 'em. 

>  Material cost for rotors,
> drums, pads and shoes: $600.  Labor: 4 hours front, 4.5 hours rear.
> 
> My guru says that this is a bit much.  What says the group?
> 
> bcnu - Grungy
> grungy@bcm.tmc.edu
> '61 dddPanel '68,'69 Bugs '90 Vanagon '67 Bus
> .opinions are just that.obviously.
> 
> 
> 

Cheers

<sstones@io.org>
SStones             Toronto,  Ontario.

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