front brakes

Hmmm... I'm kind of curious how the dealer decided you needed
rotors.. Did he measure them and compare them to specs for discard &
machine-to? Did he measure run-out to determine the rotors were
warped and needed to be replaced? What were his measurements?

I'd get a second opinion from an independent shop. Your dealer may be
correct, he may also be trying to sell you extra parts that they make
a substantial profit on..

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(Rex B) spake unto the masses in

You probably didn't see it, but I did post several messages with such
advice. Once work slows down here and I get a chance to peck out some html,
I'll add the pics I took last spring (you wanna see RUST??) to my Web site
along with the maintenance steps.

Google for:
tegger brakes grease

(all at the same time)

 

On 11 Dec 2003 20:55:15 GMT, "Tegger®"

| (Rex B) spake unto the masses in
||
|> On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 12:49:53 GMT, TeGGeR
|>
|>|"NetSock" <> spake unto the assembled masses in
|>||>|
|>|> |>|>> my 99 Accord needs front brakes-dealer says down to about 5% of
|>|>> lining.
|>|>>
|>|>> any big deal in changing the front pads? dealer wants $185 for
|>|>> front
|>|> brake
|>|>> job (incl rotors). I think I can just change out pads. Dealer
|>|>> said it is not metal to metal yet.
|>|>
|>|> Can be done with a 15mm wrench, and a c-clamp...that's all.
|>|
|>|
|>|And *that's* where you can get in a pack of trouble if you live in a
|>|place with snow. You would then need a bit more than just the 15mm and
|>|a C-clamp to prevent problems down the road.
|>
|> So why don't you just share with the OP what sorts of things to look
|> for?
|
|
|You probably didn't see it, but I did post several messages with such
|advice.

I saw that right after I hit "send".
mea culpa
Rex in Fort Worth