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From: TonyS on 22 May 2010 20:48
A fiend just paid $350 to have her 91 Pulsar's brakes done.

The job was to replace the rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders and
flush the brake system replacing all fluid.

The brakes work but the pedal feels soft now.

Question:
Was the price reasonable?
A brake pedal shouldn't feel soft, right?

What would you do about this?

Tony
From: George W Frost on 23 May 2010 00:30

"TonyS" <scarborofun(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>A fiend just paid $350 to have her 91 Pulsar's brakes done.
>
> The job was to replace the rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders and flush
> the brake system replacing all fluid.
>
> The brakes work but the pedal feels soft now.
>
> Question:
> Was the price reasonable?
> A brake pedal shouldn't feel soft, right?
>
> What would you do about this?
>
> Tony

The price is right but the pedal isn't
sounds like a really good bleed is needed


From: Clocky on 23 May 2010 01:18
TonyS wrote:
> A fiend just paid $350 to have her 91 Pulsar's brakes done.
>
> The job was to replace the rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders and
> flush the brake system replacing all fluid.
>
> The brakes work but the pedal feels soft now.
>

I assume it doesn't have ABS?

> Question:
> Was the price reasonable?

Shoes about $40 a set, cylinders say $40 a side plus $15 fluid... plus
labour say 2 hours (it shouldn't take that long but you can expect a charge
time of 2 hours). If ot was done at a dealer it would seem about right, but
if not it might be a tad on the high side.

> A brake pedal shouldn't feel soft, right?

Well, no, if the rear shoes and cylinders where replaced, adjusted correctly
(handbrake backed off, adjust shoes and then adjust the handbrake) and fluid
flushed and bled correctly.

> What would you do about this?
>

What does it stop like?

If you have any concerns, your first step would be to take it back to the
place that did the work and raise your concerns.

What is their explanation?


From: jonz on 23 May 2010 03:55
On 5/23/2010 3:18 PM, Clocky wrote:
> TonyS wrote:
>> A fiend just paid $350 to have her 91 Pulsar's brakes done.
>>
>> The job was to replace the rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders and
>> flush the brake system replacing all fluid.
>>
>> The brakes work but the pedal feels soft now.
>>
>
> I assume it doesn't have ABS?
>
>> Question:
>> Was the price reasonable?
>
> Shoes about $40 a set, cylinders say $40 a side plus $15 fluid... plus
> labour say 2 hours (it shouldn't take that long but you can expect a charge
> time of 2 hours). If ot was done at a dealer it would seem about right, but
> if not it might be a tad on the high side.
>
>> A brake pedal shouldn't feel soft, right?
>
> Well, no, if the rear shoes and cylinders where replaced, adjusted correctly
> (handbrake backed off, adjust shoes and then adjust the handbrake) and fluid
> flushed and bled correctly.
>
>> What would you do about this?
>>
>
> What does it stop like?
>
> If you have any concerns, your first step would be to take it back to the
> place that did the work and raise your concerns.
>
> What is their explanation?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
good stuff mr clock meister.......
>
>


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From: jonz on 23 May 2010 03:55
On 5/23/2010 3:18 PM, Clocky wrote:
> TonyS wrote:
>> A fiend just paid $350 to have her 91 Pulsar's brakes done.
>>
>> The job was to replace the rear brake shoes and wheel cylinders and
>> flush the brake system replacing all fluid.
>>
>> The brakes work but the pedal feels soft now.
>>
>
> I assume it doesn't have ABS?
>
>> Question:
>> Was the price reasonable?
>
> Shoes about $40 a set, cylinders say $40 a side plus $15 fluid... plus
> labour say 2 hours (it shouldn't take that long but you can expect a charge
> time of 2 hours). If ot was done at a dealer it would seem about right, but
> if not it might be a tad on the high side.
>
>> A brake pedal shouldn't feel soft, right?
>
> Well, no, if the rear shoes and cylinders where replaced, adjusted correctly
> (handbrake backed off, adjust shoes and then adjust the handbrake) and fluid
> flushed and bled correctly.
>
>> What would you do about this?
>>
>
> What does it stop like?
>
> If you have any concerns, your first step would be to take it back to the
> place that did the work and raise your concerns.
>
> What is their explanation?
>
>


--
jonz
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind
- boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene
Spafford,1992
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