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 Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:39 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 838
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Location: Taking a gearbox off somewhere
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A garage may charge you a labour cost to have a look but it depends on the garage. Ask first.
It won't take them long to strip them down, if you need parts though you'll be looking at parts cost plus labour costs.
Normally garages have an hourly rate and will work out the cost from this.
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:10 pm |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010
Posts: 11520
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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| dsiingh wrote: |
One gave me a quote for ferado parts not sure if they are good parts |
Ferodo are top quality.
When ever you need brake pads / disc's / shoes look for either Ferodo OR Brembo.
Its very rare you would need to ever replace the drum itself.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:38 am |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011
Posts: 117
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Location: West Midlands
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MrBSI you are like the wikipedia for all of my information...and thanks to everyone who has posted on this topic.....my first two quotes both quoted for the changing of drums...however my thirdquote only posted for the shoes and was for 89.95 thats a whopping saving of 20-30quid....
So i should only get the shoes changed?
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| Pug 206 1.4 SW - July 2013 - Present
Peugeot 206 1.4 HDI - Oct 2013 - Present
BMW E30 - April 2013 - RIP | |
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:42 am |
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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Until the drums are removed to get a look inside at the brakes you wont know what needs replacing BUT its very rare you ever need to actually replace the drum itself.
Only when they are excessively worn or gone oval do they need replacing, very rare for this to happen.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:56 am |
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Joined: Jul 28, 2011
Posts: 64
Trade Rating: +1
Location: essex
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[quote="fatboyslim"
A Kwik Fit Brake Technician HAS to pass the course which last 5 days,If you don't pass the course you're NOT allowed to even touch brakes
In fact Kwik-Fit fitters are star graded from 1 to 5 each grade is proficient in different aspects you MUST pass all the courses to graduate to the next level
ALL Kwik-Fit courses were developed in conjunction with the AA and use recommended AA and manufacturer guidelines
So you're wrong the fitter doing you're brakes should have a qualification
Kwik-Fit do actually offer a free brake check, they are a bit expensive,but you get the lifetime guarentee[/quote]
the course does indeed last five days,for 4.9 days your taught to identify faults that don't exist,and how to keep a straight face.then and only then do you get your bronze star.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:09 am |
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Joined: Jul 19, 2011
Posts: 308
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Lincolnshire,Home of the RAF
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| sx206 wrote: |
[quote="fatboyslim"
A Kwik Fit Brake Technician HAS to pass the course which last 5 days,If you don't pass the course you're NOT allowed to even touch brakes
In fact Kwik-Fit fitters are star graded from 1 to 5 each grade is proficient in different aspects you MUST pass all the courses to graduate to the next level
ALL Kwik-Fit courses were developed in conjunction with the AA and use recommended AA and manufacturer guidelines
So you're wrong the fitter doing you're brakes should have a qualification
Kwik-Fit do actually offer a free brake check, they are a bit expensive,but you get the lifetime guarentee[/quote]
the course does indeed last five days,for 4.9 days your taught to identify faults that don't exist,and how to keep a straight face.then and only then do you get your bronze star. |
Hmmm not quite,you're taught how to identify faults and what checks to do,it is actually a good course
Like I've said before on his forum the problem is the staff get a bonus based on sales obviously the manager is expected to ensure his centre is running at least to targets,if not then he gets a bollocking from the area manager and the fitters get no bonus
meet targets=get bonus
exceed targets=get BIG bonus
Of course this means some unscrupulous managers/fitters use unethical/dodgy ways of bumping up sales,as a Kwik-Fit fitter you are trained to always look for other things which could be done
when changing tyres the wheel come off and you're told to check the discs/pads,brake lines and shox
A manager of a branch localish to me was actually sacked for dishonesty it was well known that he personally would check customers cars (especially old people and single women) he always found something else wrong,quite often it was 'leaking shox',he was caught out as due to complaints a test car was sent by trading standards which had a puncture,the fitter set about fixing it and the manager told the young lady he would personally go and ensure the fitter was doing a good job whilst in the fitting bay he went and looked in the wheel arch and saw oil all over the arch lining, so fearing leaking shox he checked them and sure enough they were leaking,told the women then came the salesmans spiel about dangerous blah-blah waffle b******s...costs £195 per pair but I can do a pecial deal..blah-blah...z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z...
Nyway being a Trading Standards Officer she said she didn't know but she would have a word with her husband and left
Trading Standards then took the car and inspected the said faulty shox and found...wait for it...
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they were fine,the manager had sprayed them with WD-40 so it looked indeed like they were leaking!!
Things like this happened a lot as well as other unethical practices
best and easiest targets were
1) OAP's-normally have a bit of spare cash and know jack about cars
2)Women with kiddies-mention crash,children,death in the same sentance and most women would ok anything (even anal for blaconbomber  )
3) Women in general-the majority of women know jack about cars,before anyone says I'm a male chauvanist pig,look at how many women ring the AA/RAC to have wheels changed!!
TBH this is one of the main reasons I left Kwik-Fit I have morals and don't like to rip people off,oh and the fact I called the manager a fuc*ing tw*t then punched him didn't really help!!
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| Yes I own a CC and I'm neither gay or a hairdresser!! | |
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:09 am |
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Joined: Sep 21, 2011
Posts: 317
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Location: UK
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Most decent local garages build up a reputation of good work and they get a lot of word-of-mouth recommendations. So much so that they're normally quite busy, so tend to become fully booked and simply don't need to generate extra work.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:18 am |
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Joined: Jul 19, 2011
Posts: 308
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Lincolnshire,Home of the RAF
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| paul_c wrote: |
| Most decent local garages build up a reputation of good work and they get a lot of word-of-mouth recommendations. So much so that they're normally quite busy, so tend to become fully booked and simply don't need to generate extra work. |
Too true
I'm lucky I have a friend who owns a garage,excellent reputation,decent prices excellent service he also does call outs for Green Flag and occasionally the AA
Dwonside is he's always busy and you need to book a couple of weeks in advance ( saying that he's always managed to get me sorted in a couple of days)
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| Yes I own a CC and I'm neither gay or a hairdresser!! | |
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:37 am |
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Joined: Jul 28, 2011
Posts: 64
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Location: essex
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my take on this site is to share info regarding the 206,to suggest someone takes their car to quick fit, quite frankly is a crime.mentioning that you get mates rates from certain places is not really helpful either.if the poster lived anywhere near me i would gladly show them how simple this job is.its impossible for someone to price your rear brakes with out taking the drum off.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:40 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
Posts: 3948
Trade Rating: +7
Location: A Track near you ;)
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| sx206 wrote: |
| my take on this site is to share info regarding the 206,to suggest someone takes their car to quick fit, quite frankly is a crime.mentioning that you get mates rates from certain places is not really helpful either.if the poster lived anywhere near me i would gladly show them how simple this job is.its impossible for someone to price your rear brakes with out taking the drum off. |
Soz 
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:16 am |
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Joined: Jul 28, 2011
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Location: essex
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soz
Nonsensical internet slang term for "sorry", used by illiterate morons who for some reason substitute a “z” for “rry”, the latter of which would take an entire quarter of a second to type out.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:17 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
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| sx206 wrote: |
soz
Nonsensical internet slang term for "sorry", used by illiterate morons who for some reason substitute a “z” for “rry”, the latter of which would take an entire quarter of a second to type out. |
Calm down ladies its only a forum.
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:24 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
Posts: 6526
Trade Rating: +10
Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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| sx206 wrote: |
soz
Nonsensical internet slang term for "sorry", used by illiterate morons who for some reason substitute a “z” for “rry”, the latter of which would take an entire quarter of a second to type out. |
A bit longer than the time it takes to use proper grammer and punctuation, for example using a capital letter to start a sentence after a full stop.
| sx206 wrote: |
| my take on this site is to share info regarding the 206,to suggest someone takes their car to quick fit, quite frankly is a crime.mentioning that you get mates rates from certain places is not really helpful either.if the poster lived anywhere near me i would gladly show them how simple this job is.its impossible for someone to price your rear brakes with out taking the drum off. |
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:26 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Posts: 4014
Trade Rating: +2
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| macca1411 wrote: |
| sx206 wrote: |
soz
Nonsensical internet slang term for "sorry", used by illiterate morons who for some reason substitute a “z” for “rry”, the latter of which would take an entire quarter of a second to type out. |
A bit longer than the time it takes to use proper grammer and punctuation, for example using a capital letter to start a sentence after a full stop.
| sx206 wrote: |
| my take on this site is to share info regarding the 206,to suggest someone takes their car to quick fit, quite frankly is a crime.mentioning that you get mates rates from certain places is not really helpful either.if the poster lived anywhere near me i would gladly show them how simple this job is.its impossible for someone to price your rear brakes with out taking the drum off. |
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Also a space after a comma or full stop.
But thats just being picky
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:32 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
Posts: 6526
Trade Rating: +10
Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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I think some people try too hard to be Toms "d**k of the Week"
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