[s-cars] Need a brake rotor

[Lee Levitt]

Thanks Tom, you do bring up a couple of interesting points.

Yes, the rear brake pads/rotors should have been replaced as pairs. Not sure
why we didn¹t do thatŠmy mechanic is generally conservative from a budget
standpoint ‹ if it ain¹t broke, don¹t replace it. He¹s also a stickler for
safety, so it¹s something I¹ll bring up with him when I pick the car up
later today.

Speaking of which, I decided to spend my time elsewhere yesterday afternoon
‹ priming new skim coat in our main bathroom. While a rear pad/rotor swap is
pretty straightforward, I¹ve never done it before, and I wasn¹t sure I could
get the right parts. With family in from out of town, and the bathroom
needing a prime, I didn¹t want to risk getting into a problem on the car. If
the caliper was frozen, I would not have been able to replace it. Also, my
daughter would be leaving on a 200 mile drive as soon as the job was done,
not optimal following a first time job on a safety item.

So I puntedŠdropped the car off  last night, will be picking it up later
today and driving it to NY tomorrow.

Lee



From:  S-CAR-List <s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com> on behalf of Tom Green
<trgreen at comcast.net>
Date:  Monday, November 2, 2015 at 12:05 PM
To:  S-car List <s-car-list at audifans.com>, Lee Levitt <lee at levitts.net>
Subject:  Re: [s-cars] Need a brake rotor

> To answer the specific question, Lee, yes, Pep Boys will have access to
> several quality brake rotor brands.  The question will be what they have in
> stock may not be the best, but other FLAPS in your Podunk should also have
> something.
>