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computerinfoseeker23
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Jul 31, 2014, 4:44 PM
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I have 123K miles on my echo and I have never had my rear brakes serviced. I want to do this for preventive maintenance purposes. I do my front disk brakes myself but have never done rear drum brakes nor do I want to or want to learn how. Here is my question. If I put my car in a local repair shop, how much can I expect to pay versus buying the parts (brake shoes) and brake cleaning fluid and allowing a mobile service tech come to my home and do the repair?
What should I expect to pay, parts and labor, for a repair shop to do this job. I just want some ballpark estimates please.
I have used mobile auto mechanics before and have been very pleased with the work. Thanks in advance for any replies.
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Hammer Time
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Jul 31, 2014, 5:11 PM
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Preventative maintenance on brakes?
If you don't have a problem, leave them alone until they need to be replaced..
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Hammer Time
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Jul 31, 2014, 6:36 PM
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You can simply pull a bake drum off and see how much brake is left.
If that's not something you know how to do, most shops will give free brake checks.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Aug 1, 2014, 6:10 AM
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If you know these haven't been even looked at since new I would. Unless somehow remarkably corrosion free just getting drums off to check could break things and you should be ready for a whole brake job.
Shows two screws (probably Phillips headed) hold drum on and near certainly need and impact driver to remove those then fight with center hole stuck to hub and clearing an unworn ring over existing shoes.
Drum brake shoes can last a lot of miles and time but do build up dust and that should (IMO) be periodic to dump that out as it can't get out on it's own most I know of.
Highly likely to have troubles with the screws first, hub to drum and the unworn ring trapping shoes if they can't be retracted and might not so things will break. Don't re-use springs and hardware at the age and miles nor a drum that took a beating to get removed.
If you count on this car I'd just plain expect a whole rear brake job including all parts and hardware. You might be pleasantly surprised that these parts are not all the costly as things go to just do them or have done.
Again, IMO you need to know if you know nothing has been looked at in that time and miles,
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Drum should be like this......
The two tiny holes are for those screws. They are highly unlikely to just turn out with regular screwdriver or break as said. Drum is meant to be very snug to hub is next. You can't know without trying. If trouble with any and you don't have lots of common tools for dealing with them (easy hardware brake as things go) you are better off having this done vs buy all needed to get out of it once...........
(This post was edited by Tom Greenleaf on Aug 1, 2014, 6:22 AM)
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