Replaced the rear rotors and pads on the wifes Kia, with my son. Now for alot of you here this is childs play. For me at 68 it's the first time I have done any repairs to a car other than simple lights air filters, etc. . My son does all his own repairs on his Jeep.
It started when I was driving my son home from the airport the other day and mentioned I had the Kia in for service at the dealership and they said the rear rotors and pads needed replacing, they gave me a quote of $636, I declined. I was going to take it to my local indie, but my son said its real simple and he would do them while he was home. So we picked up pads, rotors, wire brushes, locktite, grease and brake cleaner for $285.
Spent an hour and a half and they were done. I enjoyed it and it was a fun experience working together with my son ![Cheesy :D](https://www.autos.ca/forum/Smileys/CarTalk/cheesy.gif)
That's really great, man. Truly.
I think most could do this...and most are surprised at the relative simplicity of doing it.
I'd really like to know more...did you think it was hard? Easy? Doable?
Could you do it again on your own?
Thanks Ron..
Your right, going in I didn't have any idea what it took. I knew what pads, rotors, calipers and sliders were but not how easily they went together.
I was surprised at the simplicity of the set up. two bolts to take of the caliper off and two to take it apart. I didn't realize sliders were such a simple thing either, I thought they has springs and other things. My son did most of the work I was his assistant, other than cleaning and greasing every thing, he said the key is to get the clips in without bending them and then making sure the pads are oriented correctly.
I did enjoy doing it, but most of that was the father son thing and yes I think I could do it again on my own. I would diffidently do it again with him but he lives in Edmonton. Also not sure I would want to muck around with the Audi, I'm sure the Germans must complicate things
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I was a fun experience, even for an old guy like me
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