Brake pads discs ploy
Poll: Brake pads discs ploy
Total Members Polled: 169
Discussion
iva cosworth said:
Always remember that all parts removed from your car are YOUR property.
So ask for the removed discs and pads to be put in a bag for you to inspect when you get home.
Yes they could just give you someone elses knackered parts but that would be naughty....
As a garage owner myself, we always show the customer the parts we remove and should they want to they can take them, most of our customers are repeat ones and trust us but you do get the odd one who wants to see what's what.So ask for the removed discs and pads to be put in a bag for you to inspect when you get home.
Yes they could just give you someone elses knackered parts but that would be naughty....
Carl
" I think the girl on the desk was a bit perplexed. I had the opposite with my Punto when it belonged to the wife. Local Fiat Dealer handed the car back after its 20k service and told us that it would need front pads at the next service 10k/1 year later.
The following week I decided to swap the wheels front to rear to equalise the tyre wear and discovered the front pads had 1mm left on them.
The following week I decided to swap the wheels front to rear to equalise the tyre wear and discovered the front pads had 1mm left on them.
To fail a mot the discs have got to be badly corroded to the state that they could brake up or that thin that they could fall apart
Most manufactures have a minimum width which in most cases is over the top
In my experience if the pads are low and you don't think there last till the car comes back in ill change them
Disc wise if there see the new pads our why change them
Most manufactures have a minimum width which in most cases is over the top
In my experience if the pads are low and you don't think there last till the car comes back in ill change them
Disc wise if there see the new pads our why change them
J4CKO said:
Brakes are a piece of piss on most cars, I dont think any car I could buy would cost me more than £200 to replace all disks and pads, and probably do the fluid as well in that.
When I was younger my dad used to do his own repairs the same as most other people my dads age at the end of the day it's just nuts and bolts its a shame that more of the modern car enthusiast do at least try I think it's all part of itI do everything on my cars, have been spannering for years. Sadly, anything to do with tyres has to be reluctantly farmed out to a local monkey sanctuary, which I dread.
One of my Michelin Pilot Sports developed a slow leak the other week. I took the wheel off and inspected the tyre thoroughly, and found no puncture. I replaced the valve core, and checked everything I could to no avail, so concluded that it must be leaking from the bead.
I called the nearest monkey sanctuary, and they were fairly quiet and told me to 'come on down.'
When one of the apes was free, he wheeled my car in. First, I had to school him in the jacking point, because as usual they don't know about the fact that you cannot jack Skoda Octavias on the sill (it is not load bearing and it just crushes them) and directed him to the jacking point on a chassis rail underneath.
He grunted that he'd never had to do this on any other car, so without my direction, I would have been one crushed sill down on the deal already.
Once the wheel was off, he took one look at at and said 'oh, sorry - I can't to anything to this tyre anyway - it's illegal I'm afraid.'
I am normally terminally patient with the animals, but on this occasion even I had to splutter 'bwa-ha-haa, what? There's about 3mm left on there, look, it's not even down to the wear bars!'
He actually looked at me like I had just raped his children, and said 'u wot mate? Look, I know what I am talking about, and that is an illegal tyre...'
I just laughed again, shook my head and said 'well, if you're gonna argue the toss, then don't worry about it - just put the wheel back on and I'll go elsewhere.'
He got up, and without a word went off to his toolbox, bringing back a depth gauge. Once inserted into the tyre (and he was very thorough - checking every single bit of tread all the way across
) the gauge resolutely failed to show anything less than 3mm 
He mumbled something that sounded like 'humph, it looked worse than that' and got on with the job.
He sprayed some soapy water around the bead, and sure enough we saw some small bubbles emanating from the joint.
I then had to interject again, once he had removed the tyre on the machine and was about to paint some beadseal around the rim, that it 'might be an idea to clean up the bead seats with a wire brush, no?' As it was clear to me that there was some wheel corrosion that was probably causing the issue...
Again, this was done with a grudging grunt, and another child / rape withering stare.
Such pain, effort and disappointment for something so trivial. He just wanted to sell me new tyres to replace a pair of perfectly good ones, and not have to faff about with doing some actual mechanical troubleshooting...
It annoys me to think about the amount of Joe Punters who would have just accepted this and spent £300 on new tyres for no need.
(Note: I know exactly how all the tyres are looking, and have a plan to replace these rears at the end of next month, once they are nearer 2mm, and before the bad weather sets in. But then again, I and I guess most people on here are switched on when it comes to our cars, and think about these things all the time...)
One of my Michelin Pilot Sports developed a slow leak the other week. I took the wheel off and inspected the tyre thoroughly, and found no puncture. I replaced the valve core, and checked everything I could to no avail, so concluded that it must be leaking from the bead.
I called the nearest monkey sanctuary, and they were fairly quiet and told me to 'come on down.'
When one of the apes was free, he wheeled my car in. First, I had to school him in the jacking point, because as usual they don't know about the fact that you cannot jack Skoda Octavias on the sill (it is not load bearing and it just crushes them) and directed him to the jacking point on a chassis rail underneath.
He grunted that he'd never had to do this on any other car, so without my direction, I would have been one crushed sill down on the deal already.
Once the wheel was off, he took one look at at and said 'oh, sorry - I can't to anything to this tyre anyway - it's illegal I'm afraid.'
I am normally terminally patient with the animals, but on this occasion even I had to splutter 'bwa-ha-haa, what? There's about 3mm left on there, look, it's not even down to the wear bars!'
He actually looked at me like I had just raped his children, and said 'u wot mate? Look, I know what I am talking about, and that is an illegal tyre...'
I just laughed again, shook my head and said 'well, if you're gonna argue the toss, then don't worry about it - just put the wheel back on and I'll go elsewhere.'
He got up, and without a word went off to his toolbox, bringing back a depth gauge. Once inserted into the tyre (and he was very thorough - checking every single bit of tread all the way across
) the gauge resolutely failed to show anything less than 3mm He mumbled something that sounded like 'humph, it looked worse than that' and got on with the job.
He sprayed some soapy water around the bead, and sure enough we saw some small bubbles emanating from the joint.
I then had to interject again, once he had removed the tyre on the machine and was about to paint some beadseal around the rim, that it 'might be an idea to clean up the bead seats with a wire brush, no?' As it was clear to me that there was some wheel corrosion that was probably causing the issue...
Again, this was done with a grudging grunt, and another child / rape withering stare.
Such pain, effort and disappointment for something so trivial. He just wanted to sell me new tyres to replace a pair of perfectly good ones, and not have to faff about with doing some actual mechanical troubleshooting...
It annoys me to think about the amount of Joe Punters who would have just accepted this and spent £300 on new tyres for no need.
(Note: I know exactly how all the tyres are looking, and have a plan to replace these rears at the end of next month, once they are nearer 2mm, and before the bad weather sets in. But then again, I and I guess most people on here are switched on when it comes to our cars, and think about these things all the time...)
stick100 said:
When I was younger my dad used to do his own repairs the same as most other people my dads age at the end of the day it's just nuts and bolts its a shame that more of the modern car enthusiast do at least try I think it's all part of it
Your Dad should have shown you what punctuation marks look like and how to use them instead of fiddling with his car.Personally I do my job then pay someone who is qualified to do theirs...
Oldsparkplug said:
stick100 said:
When I was younger my dad used to do his own repairs the same as most other people my dads age at the end of the day it's just nuts and bolts its a shame that more of the modern car enthusiast do at least try I think it's all part of it
Your Dad should have shown you what punctuation marks look like and how to use them instead of fiddling with his car.Personally I do my job then pay someone who is qualified to do theirs...
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Oldsparkplug said:
Your Dad should have shown you what punctuation marks look like and how to use them instead of fiddling with his car.
Personally I do my job then pay someone who is qualified to do theirs...
I think every man and petrol head should know how his auto-mobile's flux capacitor conbobulates megawatts into rainbow-pulsion.Personally I do my job then pay someone who is qualified to do theirs...
I guess that makes you a bit of a sissy.
Also, I don't like your tweed Sir!
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