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Post by Tim on Nov 20, 2017 13:52:31 GMT
The Nissan was in for its annual service 3 weeks ago and they pointed out the rear brake pads were down to 3mm. Helpfully this was in the video clip they sent me that also had a checklist with tickboxes and prices for the additional work I might like to approve.
So, £190 for some rear brake pads. Didn't fancy the sound of that so decide I'd do it myself, plus I was off on Friday and had plenty of time.
Standard pads from EBC for £20 and 2 hours of my time later (it would've been half that if I'd actually researched what to do - who puts an s-shaped circlip on the pins that hold the pads in?!) job done. In fact for the second side I did it in 20 minutes from placing the jack to removing it and I reckon I spent nearly 10 minutes cleaning the calipers and the bits that came off/went back on.
Work thoroughly checked with a drive to St Andrews on some greasy roads - no wheels fell off and the traction control light got a thorough workout!
An added advantage was that it got me out of going shopping for a birthday present for our soon-to-be-1 year old neice. |
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Post by Big Blue on Nov 20, 2017 14:38:23 GMT
Good work.
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Post by Tim on Nov 20, 2017 15:04:52 GMT
Hmmm, now I think I need to use a vat of handcream as my soft accountant hands are feeling rough  |
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Post by PG on Nov 20, 2017 16:27:09 GMT
Excellent spannering!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2017 17:42:04 GMT
Excellent sorting, especially evading the torture session.
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Post by Martin on Nov 20, 2017 17:44:04 GMT
Great work Tim and a decent saving.
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Post by LandieMark on Nov 21, 2017 17:58:51 GMT
I really enjoy doing stuff myself. The savings can be significant.
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Post by Tim on Nov 22, 2017 12:46:23 GMT
Well, doing the brakes myself saved me 85% of the cost of 1 replacement tyre for the 320.
Now I want to do the front brakes - those EBC discs in black look appealling plus the slight vibration that has appeared needs to be cured.
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Post by LandieMark on Nov 22, 2017 13:33:55 GMT
The black is a paint that wears off. You need several good hard braking runs to bed them in properly. The rest of the paint stays on and stops the disk bells rusting. I had the, on the Legacy and they were good, if a little noisy.
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Post by Tim on Nov 22, 2017 16:36:12 GMT
Noisy really isn't a concern in the Nissan |
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