Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:54:15 -0600
Reply-To: Raceingcajun <raceingcajun47@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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From: Raceingcajun <raceingcajun47@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: Brake Problem may "NOT" be resolved?
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WARNING - WARNING, DANGER, NEW MECHANIC NEEDED!
>He is a great mechanic but
> is was quitting time....I sat and watched the 3 hour job.
> PS I test drove it when he was doen and said I still had the pedal to the
> floor problem and he said give it a few days.
Hi Tim,
Not trying to be a smart a** , just being silly to make a point. Think
about this for a minute. You sat for three hours, waiting on a brake repair.
A job that ultimately requires that you place the safety of you and your
family.
You and your family don't have a few days to wait on his Half ass job to
fix its self!
Not to mention everyone that you meet on the highways you travel.
The technician lets you leave with a brake peddle that "goes" to the
floor? I would never have let that car leave my shop. We would have got you
a rental, loaned you a car, taken you home, etc. That kind of work is simply
not acceptable in any way.
"I have to have my car". "I have to pick up the kids". "My wife is
waiting". These things are nothing in comparison to running over a bus load
of Nuns on their way to a United Way, Crippled Children's Rally.
Bleeding and adjusting the brakes is Basic Brakes 101. No second chances
here. Take your bus somewhere else, and have everything he done checked, get
paper work and ask him for a refund.
Next time take it to someone who knows what their doing. DIY, ask the
list for advice, get a Bentley and learn to do it yourself! No one should
ever take a job like brake repair for granted.
Possible causes, air in the lines, leak in the system, bad master
cylinder, rear brakes far out of adjustment, low on fluid, wrong parts, etc.
Oh and one other possibility, DUMN ASS TECHNICIAN. Sorry to call him that,
it gives real technicians a bad name. And yes that happens all the time! The
bad apples and so on.
Ok, I'm through ranting. Let us know how this works out, but please get
it fixed right before you drive it. BTW, which way do drive home? I'd like
to make sure I take another way. Remember, the life you save may be mine!
:-)
Just kidding Tim, be safe
Howard
Two wrongs don't make a right,
But three lefts do
>Subject: Brake Problem may "NOT" be resolved?<
> the pedal was going to the floor...even when pumping).....unfortunately I
> had a leaking right cylinder in the rear....so I had my mechanic change
the
> 2 rear cylinders and shoes in both rear brakes.
>
> Now the pedal still goes to the floor but when I pump it it does feel very
> good and pedal does not go to floor.
Should the mechanoc flushed all
> fluids and make sure no air was in the lines?
He is a great mechanic but
> is was quitting time....I sat and watched the 3 hour job.
> PS I test drove it when he was doen and said I still had the pedal to the
> floor problem and he said give it a few days.
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