{"id":694,"date":"2007-06-24T16:57:30","date_gmt":"2007-06-24T16:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/car_repairs.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:33","slug":"car_repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/car_repairs.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Car Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve mentioned before<\/a> how an easy way to save money, if you’re mechanically inclined, is to do your own brake jobs. Routine disc brake replacements (drum brakes, on the rear of many cars, are a bit more challenging) are easy to do and inexpensive. Most brake shops advertise a $80 – $90 2 wheel brake job, but it’s rarely that cheap. Your car isn’t one that can use those cheap parts and the there are the parts you need that aren’t included. Before long you’re up over $150. You can usually buy all the parts needed for under $60. Well under if you skip the dealer parts and get after market.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/span>This weekend, I did a major brake overhaul on the Odyssey. At 143,000 miles it needed more than just new brake pads. The rears were pretty routine, rear brakes don’t do much of the work so they don’t wear very fast. In fact, there was still a little life left in those rear brakes and they had never been replaced. The fronts were on set number 2 and they were shot. They needed new discs as well as pads. All told, I spent $200 in parts for what would have likely been a $400-$500 brake job.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/span>Anyway, so I spent the bulk of the day doing brakes. We had a bunch of extra kids over and when they went home, I asked of the girls wanted to help me finish up. That’s Jessica up top on the torque wrench (20 ft\/lbs on the caliper bolts, Jess), Emily in her cat face makeup tightening the brake hose bracket (she’s got some strength, it was about as tight as I would have made it) and then Jessica the new torque wrench pro teaching Emily how it’s done.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/span>It was fun showing them how things go together and explaining a little bit how it works. I remember spending time in the garage with Dad when I was their age. Dad didn’t do much beyond changing spark plugs and rotating tires, but it’s still fun remembering spending time with him in the garage. Later, little Audrey asked where the brakes were and Jessica was pointing through the wheels at the ‘black thing’ and the ‘silver thing’ and showing her what they were.
\nThe only tiny regret I have with an all-girl house is that they are unlikely to share my, my Dad’s and my grandfather’s car passion. I wouldn’t trade my girls for anything, but I do at times wish I had a boy to do car things with. That’s why this day in the garage with my girls was so special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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