Brakes overheated-must I replace calipers
The front disc brakes on my RV (class A, if that matters) overheated. I smelled something burning, then my tire sensors on both front wheels set off the alarms on the tire monitoring system. Both tire...
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You do not have to anything you do not want to. Neither does the repair shop. He recommended caliper replacement and now the decision is yours. He is the one that writes the check for the liability insurance each month and understands what heat does to brake components. If you decided not to replace the calipers, one of them fails and something catastrophic happens you are not going to sue yourself. You will blame the repair facility or an attorney will convince you that someone other than you, or your insurance, needs to pay for the injuries and/or deaths that occurred. Since the shop has already recommended the replacement any deviation from this recommendation will turn in to an admission of guilt in a court case. The judge or jury will come to the simple conclusion that the repair facility should have known better. After all they were the professionals receiving compensation for their services.
Every shop owner out there has lost at least one small claims court case to this reasoning if he has been in business for any length of time. It all comes down to liability and if you want it done your way then do the work yourself and assume the liability for your decisions.
Randy
You do not have to anything you do not want to. Neither does the repair shop. He recommended caliper replacement and now the decision is yours. He is the one that writes the check for the liability insurance each month and understands what heat does to brake components. If you decided not to replace the calipers, one of them fails and something catastrophic happens you are not going to sue yourself. You will blame the repair facility or an attorney will convince you that someone other than you, or your insurance, needs to pay for the injuries and/or deaths that occurred. Since the shop has already recommended the replacement any deviation from this recommendation will turn in to an admission of guilt in a court case. The judge or jury will come to the simple conclusion that the repair facility should have known better. After all they were the professionals receiving compensation for their services.
Every shop owner out there has lost at least one small claims court case to this reasoning if he has been in business for any length of time. It all comes down to liability and if you want it done your way then do the work yourself and assume the liability for your decisions.
Randy
