Wagner rotors and severe duty pads?
Just got my truck inspected. The front brakes are nearly shot. The rear pads have over 50% of their life left. I had already planned to put new pads at least on the truck before heading out to th...
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Couple things. No one 'turns' rotors today for a couple reasons. One is there really isn't enough 'meat' on rotors made today to resurface them and two, new rotors are cheap.
Typically, you will go through 2 sets of front pads for a set of rear pads / shoes because 70% of your braking effort is on the front brakes so they wear out much faster
Wagner is so-so on brake components today. My preference is Delphi for rotors and sure stop for pads / shoes
Finally a brake job is easy to do, it really don't involve mechanics, it's remove and replace components, it's about as plug and play as you can get.
The exception is caliper replacement and wheel cylinder replacement but that just involves some pre soaking on the brake hose fittings with PBlaster or Liquid Wrench prior to removal and 'bleeding the cavities afterwards, something I always do as it 'flushes' the old brake fluid from the lines and master cylinder, which, you replace with new fluid.
I always go with the 'flush' when replacing pads / shoes. Reason being is that brake fluid (with the exception of DOT 5 Synthetic fluid all has an affinity for moisture absorbtion so the fluid in your master cylinder rank has been absorbing ambient moisture all the time it's been in there and moisture absorbtion lowers the boiling point of the fluid so it can boil under severe braking conditions.
Considering today shop rates I don't think 500 bucks is out of line at all but it's a lot cheaper to do it yourself. You might learn something new and for sure have a better understanding about how your brakes work...
My 2 cents.
I'm 68 btw and I can do it, I bet you can too.
Typically, you will go through 2 sets of front pads for a set of rear pads / shoes because 70% of your braking effort is on the front brakes so they wear out much faster
Wagner is so-so on brake components today. My preference is Delphi for rotors and sure stop for pads / shoes
Finally a brake job is easy to do, it really don't involve mechanics, it's remove and replace components, it's about as plug and play as you can get.
The exception is caliper replacement and wheel cylinder replacement but that just involves some pre soaking on the brake hose fittings with PBlaster or Liquid Wrench prior to removal and 'bleeding the cavities afterwards, something I always do as it 'flushes' the old brake fluid from the lines and master cylinder, which, you replace with new fluid.
I always go with the 'flush' when replacing pads / shoes. Reason being is that brake fluid (with the exception of DOT 5 Synthetic fluid all has an affinity for moisture absorbtion so the fluid in your master cylinder rank has been absorbing ambient moisture all the time it's been in there and moisture absorbtion lowers the boiling point of the fluid so it can boil under severe braking conditions.
Considering today shop rates I don't think 500 bucks is out of line at all but it's a lot cheaper to do it yourself. You might learn something new and for sure have a better understanding about how your brakes work...
My 2 cents.
I'm 68 btw and I can do it, I bet you can too.
