Topic: The cottin pickin Mazda bakes are done 611.00!
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Finished the brakes last nite. 611.00 on parts, supplies, tow job, and hair pulling
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The right rear caliper froze up causing all this mess.
5 master cylinders in all. 2 new ones and 2 rebuilt were bad out of the box. The new one from ebay worked.
2 calipers, 2 rotors, 1 set pads, 2 axle hubs, 1 m/c, 1 brake bleed job from garage(they couldn't bleed it), 1 tow job n/c AAA.
The garage quoted me 450.00 to do the m/c.
I wonder how much the entire job would be.
I wonder how much the entire job would be.I'm pretty good at changing out the m/c. It's done for now. I will do the fronts in the spring. There are still a few items that need attention but they can wait a little while.
My car has 145000 miles on it so I expect a few things to go wrong. I keep up on scheduled maint( tune-up, fluid changes, belts etc...) Time to relax and drink some brake... I mean a beer now.
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Well, Dennis....all I can say is, "Better you than ME"!!!
Just kiddin....it sux when ya gotta spend that kinda $$$$ on something that started out so simple...I been there meself...many times. Just be thankful it's fixed, and safe.
Just kiddin....it sux when ya gotta spend that kinda $$$$ on something that started out so simple...I been there meself...many times. Just be thankful it's fixed, and safe.
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Man, and it's not even a Corvette..........they probably knew you had one so they had no mercy for you............just kidding (of course).
I kinda figure you had better words than "cottin pickin" in your mind!
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Glad you where able to get it all taken care of.
It"s good to know Vettes aren't the only expensive cars to repair! Glad you got it workin'!
Barry
Wow that's a lot of money for a ........oh, that's a "tow" job...........never mind 
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next time you can hire my daughter to do it for you...
she was only 15 at the time but changed the brakes on her car from wheel cylinder, new shoes and hardware and new drums
I didnt get my hands dirty
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