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Sean J
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:13 pm: | 
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The dealer just called and said I need new brake pads, front and rear. They said they would charge $460 to do it. Is this excessive? About how much will it run at non-dealer shops? Or am I just SOL? |
Bill Bettridge (Billb)
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:15 pm: |
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Just buy a F/R set yourself from Nathan or anyone (preferably organic pads IMO) and do it yourself.
It will probably cost you under $100 that way and you get to know your truck better. Job will only take a couple hours the first time (max).
Bill |
Eric N (Grnrvr)
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:16 pm: |
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do them your self and it will only cost you pads.. |
Jon Williams (Jonw)
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:16 pm: |
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Is this a DII? Even then, it not like it's a labour-intensive job. With a little gumption, you could easily do it yourself, and that goes for anybody. $460 is a little steep, but about par for the course for a dealer... |
John C.
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:17 pm: |
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Sean, to me it's a lot of money only because I cannot afford it. Brake pads are very easy to do on LRs, probably an hour and a half to do all four tires. |
Jon Williams (Jonw)
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:22 pm: |
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Well, let me clarify. DIIs use floating calipers, I believe, and a pad renewal on them requires some tools that everyone may not have. DIs are a piece of cake. |
Robbie Donaldson (Robbie)
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:22 pm: |
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yeah, if DI, do it yourself. good step by step page, Al Hang's at: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~ahang/brakes.htm
get the pads from http://www.discountrovers.com |
Sean J
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 04:29 pm: |
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Thanks for all your help guys. Can I still handle it myself? If not, I was thinking about buying the pads and taking them to a local shop to be installed. |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 09:04 am: |
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Sean J,
For clarification, what year is your Disco?
-L |
sg
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 09:42 am: |
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If it is a DII you can go to expeditionexchange.com and there is a tutorial on doing DII brake pads. Piece of cake. Tools are a minimal cost. $20 at the most. Cost the dealership is quoting is about right. I am not a mechanic and the first time I did them it took me about 2 hours and this even included going to the hardware store for a tool I didn't have. |
Sean J
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 09:59 am: |
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Leslie,
It is a 99 D2.
sq,
Thanks for the info. I will check that tutorial out. |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 10:31 am: |
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Ah.... Mine's a '99 DI... 
Go w/ the EE info....
Good luck!!
-L |
Ron
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 01:02 pm: |
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The only thing I can say is that if you use a c clamp in place of the channel locks it is 10x easier. Overall DIIs are as easy as DIs
Ron |
Sean J
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 02:51 pm: |
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I'm not what I would call mechanically gifted so I think I will try the rear, then the front.
Thanks for the advice about the C-clamp. |
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