"Aside from the fact that the bill could have been seriously reduced by not paying a garage fo rthe labor and instead buying the parts and installing them youself(generic you here), that all seems pretty reasonable. The rear wheel cylinders have rubber gaskets& such in them which degrade over time, plus they are in constant contact with brake fluid which is about the most corrisove fluid in a vehicle. If they are the originals then you've gotten way over the expected lifespan of them, by at least a factor of two. The recommended replacement intervals for cap/rotor/plugs/wires/fuel filter/etc. is every two years/30,000 miles. So you're just about right on that if you had it done last time you had the car serviced, somewhat overdue if not.
If it makes you feel any better, I just sunk around $900 into The Cat in the last two months, and that was pretty much all just in parts with me doing 95% of the labor myself. And she still needs new lower ball joints, front sway bar loinks, and the transmission is acting up."
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Date: 2002-01-09 01:47 pm (UTC)The rear wheel cylinders have rubber gaskets& such in them which degrade over time, plus they are in constant contact with brake fluid which is about the most corrisove fluid in a vehicle. If they are the originals then you've gotten way over the expected lifespan of them, by at least a factor of two.
The recommended replacement intervals for cap/rotor/plugs/wires/fuel filter/etc. is every two years/30,000 miles. So you're just about right on that if you had it done last time you had the car serviced, somewhat overdue if not.
If it makes you feel any better, I just sunk around $900 into The Cat in the last two months, and that was pretty much all just in parts with me doing 95% of the labor myself. And she still needs new lower ball joints, front sway bar loinks, and the transmission is acting up."