Rear drum brakes

[DeanJ]

How much should replacment rear drum brakes on a Clio 1.2 1998Mk2 be including fitting and labour? my local scam garage want £150 out of me and said my back 'shoes' have gone and some seal... I don't know alot about the braking system and they obviously know that so I don't know whether they're trying to rip me off or what?

 

[theduck]

sounds about right to me mate.

 

[ajketley]

I think I paid about 52 for each drum then theres the shoes as well So about right

 

[DeanJ]

I'm in the s**t so bad atm *cries*

Im 18 and here is my outgoings for this past few months

Incoming £70 Pw 1st Job
Incoming £150 Per week 2nd Job (delivery driver so aint been working as cars f***ed)

Outgoing:

Xmas £520
Tow truck to garage : £60
Tax Disk £60
Repairs £80
Battery £30

Then owed my mate £50 paid him that back

Then got pulled off the spaz a week back £60 fine and 3points for speeding
Now sum t**t lobbed a rock at my windscreen whilst i was driving so £60 to repair that

Now my brakes just gone £150 to repair those

Oh not to mention I have needed my cambelt changed for the last 5,000MILES :O!!!! Theres another £80

now owe my mam £500+
credit card now stands @ £400+

Got no money cause cant drive so cant work so no money *cry*

it's just one problem after another!!!
Think im gunna go :dead: myself lmao!

 

[WeeGad]

Why not just change the shoes your self?
Buy them from EuroCarParts and change them!

 

[Djw John]

Because its a f**king 'mare of a job! I do the vast majority of work to the car myself or with help from friends, only 1 of my mates knows how to do it and I had to call him in after pissing around for hours! Next time its going in the garage! Gimme disk brakes anyday of the week!

 

[ajketley]

Its not that bad, I do most the work on mine too. The only problem was when they seized rock solid (..here comes the angle grinder...)

 

[DeanJ]

the guys doing it for me now anyway, hes using a slide hammer apparently because my rear right hand side is seized on... hopefully i shouldn't have rear drums for very much longer

If i get the new job i've been wanting I shall be getting the 2.0l lump in

 

[Friction]

rear drums are easy, they just look difficult the first few times you touch them, lol.

set of shoes are cheap (£30 max), new spring kit (£5ish), and im assuming the seal in question was a seal on the cylinder (new cylinders cost me £16.50 each), so chances are the rest is labour.

nightmare to get the right bits for though (i apparantly have the same brakes that came on 1.4's made after the date my car was made... lol), had a garage do them first time round, but they were putting on the wrong parts!!! (found that out when my brakes failed one day approaching a roundabout at speed)

drums probably arent seized, the bearing will just be on tight (i just used a puller to take mine off)

since then, i just dont trust garages.