Front Disc and Pad Replacement/Renewal

[Slackbladder]

Morning all

How much would be regarded 'as fair' for the replacement of the front disks and pads on a G90 1.9DG autosleeper.

No london weighting necessary as am in the not so dry North West England

[Fritz]

Mr slack, hows it hangin.....anyway to answer your question if everything goes well and nothing needs warming up I would NOT expect to pay for more than 3 hours labour + parts + VAT.

A local garage may charge in the region of 25-35 per hour+VAT, but if you are using Corkills VW up the road you will have to double that amount +VAT.

Regards

Fritz,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Verne]

Is there something weird and wonderful on these babies, discs and pads should be about an hour, 2 tops

[Fritz]

Verne, I did the ones on our van recently, but it was a complete pleasure to do as everything that was threaded had been previously coated in copper grease, so I can only guess the previous owner or their garage looked after the van with passion... Mr Slacks may be siezed and rusted solid with him living only a stones throw from the sea at Southport.....
Also on the later models,bearing will have to be swapped or replaced which could add another hour to the job if you are a fussy git like me.

You also have to bear in mind not many dealers like getting involved with anything over 5 years old, so if an independant is then chosen they too may not have worked on one of these things for quite some time.

Regards

Fritz,,,,,,,,,,

[Donald360]

I've just had new discs and pads done today (hooray!). It took about 3 hours, but that was with us cleaning up the old bearings and stopping to chat to various people that kept popping in - as they do.

Now for the rear brake pipes!

Cheers,
Donald.

[kevtherev]

I agree donald ... Changing them yourself not only saves money ... it turns into a social event.

Have you thought of doing this task yourself Slackbladder?