Need advise on hand brake & rear brake work from mechanic (@135K miles)
 

I have 135K on my tC and had been having issues with the car rolling down when parked on a hill with the hand brake engaged.

I took it to a shop and their recommendation is:

1) Remove and replace rear parking brake cable (both sides)
2) Remove and replace front parking cable

The total cost is ~1000 including the parts.

Has anybody had this work done? Where can I find the part numbers for the cables?

They also recommended:

3) Replace the calipers
4) Clean & Adjust rear drum e-brakes

Any thoughts on 3 & 4?

Thanks in advance !

DAMN that is pricey af. Brakes are incredibly easy to do. Is it engaging at all?

Yes it is! It does engage but does not hold. It can no longer be relied upon. I have already had it adjusted in the past and looking for a more permanent fix to hopefully last me for the life of the car (300K-400K? miles!)

So for replacing the 3 parking brake cables they estimate it is going to take about 4 hours. How long do you think it would take? The labor on that is $623 alone. The parts pricing they were quoting was too expensive: $386. I was able to find them online for $173.

I did some search on the forum and could not find a thread where the parking brake cables were replaced. Here are the part numbers for the 3 parking brake cables incase anybody else also needs it:

https://www.sparksparts.com/search?s...10+46430-21110

They said i can get some discount if rear brake calipers, rotors and pads are replaced at the same time. Their quote for replacing the rear brake rotors, pads, calipers is $170 which i think is not too bad as in the past i have paid $100 per axle (for rotors and/or pads alone).

I am going to source my owns as their quote even for calipers and brake pads is also pretty high. In the past, i have done bought my own parts and sometimes let a shop buy them depending on their quote. This is a relatively new shop that I am going to now since i moved and the owner also hired a new manager .....I know the work they do is good.