Asked him to carry on oil change service, filter & fix the rotor as it's wrapped. He claimed that he machined the rotors.
But in fact... I kept an eye on his stop from far away, recorded the whole 3 hours service.
Oil change took 20 minutes. Then the car took off and speeded away with sudden hard braking from 60 miles to stop few times.
The brakes were find until the wrapped rotor problem came back..
What do you call that? dishonesty?
The dude didn't even take off my tires at all, and the tire lock nuts were at specific torque range value for each tire.. he didn't even do machine them!
Usually oil places will remove the wheels to see the condition of the brakes
third, rotors do not warp on regular cars. They get uneven wear caused by debris, sticky calipers, unevenly worn pads, or a ton of other issues. Before you all come saying that rotors warp, google it, and read the results.
Jacob Lee
How much money were you swindled out of?
John Howard
OP here.
About for overall $300 dollars.
He said he machined the rotors as they were not even. The brakes were fine until the vibration and shaking returned within 50 miles.
But am sure he didn't machine them, I think he just went to apply hard braking to use the pads to even the rotors.....
Jace Turner
You can probably get brand new front rotors and pads on rockauto for less than $100.
Alexander Gonzalez
And what did we learn today op? >Do your own maintenance? Very good!
Nolan Peterson
>Brake pads $20 >Two rotors $40 >Clamp to compress caliper piston $20 >Decent starter tool set $100
$60 bucks in parts to do it yourself and tools that will last you maybe your entire life.
Kevin Lopez
We don't check brakes at our place unless a customer asks us to.
And rotors do warp quite often, but usually only poor quality aftermarket ones or on european market korean cars.
Asher Perry
Its not even worth machining rotors at shops anymore now that you can buy rotors for like 30-40 bucks a pop. Anyone who offers to lathe them vs replace should be treated with caution.
