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