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Re: What is this brake part?
My mother in law has been driving around with one of these leaking for years!
GM as well as many shops use a labor guide. If it says 2 hours to change that that is the industry standard and thats what they charge. The guy fixing it has to pull the car in, set it up on the rack, remove the tire, break the fittings loose without breaking the lines (I couldn't tell you how much time I have wasted heating the lines with a torch to try to save them, now I just break and replace and savet time doing it that way), Install the new part, Lower the vehicle, top off the fluid, raise the vehicle, bleed the brakes (possible needing the help of a second person), clean off the brake fluid, check for leaks, put the tire back on, lower the vehicle, top off the brake fluid, test drive it to make sure the brakes are working, then park it. It all adds!!!
Being an automotive professional with over 13 years of experience it just floors me how people rant about the automotive industry ripping them off and then head over to burger king and pay $5 for a burger thats worth .75, or a $4.90 coffee from starbucks thats worth $.50 or pay $4 for a bottle of beer that costs a buck at the liquor store!
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