Originally Posted by
Wade Lippman
I was just looking at the receipt. It says "1 - Brake Pads Front". My son says they told him they replaced pads on both front wheels.
Either he is confused, "1 - Brake Pads Front" is a set for both wheels", or they billed wrong.
He will call them to ask why they needed to replace the rotors.
The car has about 60,000 mile on it.
At his last oil change they told him he would need new brakes at his next oil change. He took it somewhere else a few thousand miles later.
Wade
A long time ago, in a life far, far, away. I did brakes and front end alignments for a living. Well, to supplement my current "living" at the time.
Buried in the consumer protection laws for the state was a requirement that there had to be a minimum amount of contact between the brake pad, or shoe, to rotor or drum, when performing a brake job. We used to keep the statute posted on the wall of the shop. Basically that is why drums and rotors were turned as routine to ensure that we met this requirement. So yes, I can see why the rotors would have been replaced along with the pads.
To replace rotors and pads on the front, with a lift, would take less than an hour for a shop. Brake jobs are "bread and butter" for a shop.
If any shop tells you have "warped rotors", make sure they replace the calipers too.
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