seanish4042

somebody wanna give me an idea of how long it takes to remove and replace rear brake pads.

i just got charged 95 for labor and 65 for parts. doesnt seem like an hour and 20 min job to me

Dubbya

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Its not. If you know what you are doing, 45 minutes including jacking up the car and taking the wheels off.

f550maranello2

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come on man i just told u its easy....lol 45 mins 20 mins what ever its still an easy job...

ManualMaxima

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yea it is 7 bolt including the wheels......and turning a pisten with some needle nose pliars. take 15 min.

RedfoxXx

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just stop turning the piston when you feel it stop, pushing it past that will break a seal and cause a leak

G4nismo

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1) remove wheel
2) remove caliper bolts
3) remove pads
4) insert new pads
5) compress caliper (turn clockwise....i think, don't tear boot)
6) reassemble




where did you go.....firestone?

f550maranello2

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if the piston doesn want to turn but the 8 dollar tool form autosone... its a cube with a bunch of nubs stickin out of it... u find the correct pattern and put an extencion with a ratchet and ur golden... if the piston has a hard time going in... then u need a new caliper...

Vlasic

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It may not take an hour and twenty minutes, but the Nissan service manual has it listed as an hour and twenty, so thats how much a shop is going to charge you for, regardless of how long it takes them.

NAPhi_Shift

yeahh... watever the guide states is what a shop is going to charge you :-\

seanish4042

what a pile of ****.

and no, it was a private garage that my dad swears is honest.

been in business 75 years, etc.

blah.

Timothios

They have to make money to stay in business. If you don't want to pay for the labor, do it yourself. The stealership would have charged double that.

Vlasic

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What I described IS being honest, thats how EVERY shop works. Every type of job has a time listed in a service manual somewhere and THAT is what the shop will charge you, thats what makes the shop honest.

If the job is listed as an hour and the mechanic ****s up and it tazkes 5 hours the shop still has to only charge you for one hour.

seanish4042

yeah i figured as much. im just pissed at myself for not doing it on my own. but then again how would i know that they had to be replaced.

(car was getting state inspection)

UncleMax98

Pretty easy job. 1st time probably takes 2 hours, 2nd time may be 1 hour.

cobiker

Since the rear calipers also have the ebrake integrated. Don't you need to remove the ebrake cables?????

Regardless, it will probably take just as much time to jack the car and take off the tires, as is to replace the pads.



Good Luck