Horrible Noise

[usedranger]

Holy cow, as the guys on CarTalk might say, he is making a couple of boat payments. With all the stuff he did before, he should have thrown the brake job as a frequent-customer prize.
Seroiusly, he gave you an inferior product the first time around (warped rotors) and turning those "for free" is not free. You get second hand goods for the price of new. However, you have to live with the guy if you intend to take the car back to him for repairs...not something I would do. And this experience would make me suspicious of his other repairs. In the end, the important thing is you have safe functioning brakes to give to your sister. What a nice brother!!!!
Good luck!

[Mike Gerber]

You paid for new rotors. Cutting them takes some of the life out of them. I would insist on new rotors or some discount on what you already paid for them.

Mike

[davidov]

Oh it's a chain store by the way, It's just the guy in there that does the toyota's that did my car :P
I got free twin cam's (or cam shafts watever they're called) when he did my head gasket so that was alright, and I got discount on the head gasket fix which was alright, so all in all, not too fussed about a bit of life being lost in my rotors lol.

Thanks anyways guys
Peace out

[Pops in Az]

... time to ffw to 2011: i got one heck of a horrible noise just started about 10 days ago, and progressed louder: got a 2007 TCH with 61+k miles, and whenever I stepped on the brake pedal, in park, or to start the vehicle and esp when stopping, a loud horrible tapping and tick tick tick tap tap noise comes from the driver's side in the engine compartment (vs the wheel area). took it in to Power Toyota in Tempe AZ and they said, when the noise was quieter, that it was normal for that noise to occur. ... something to do with the charging of the battery when the brakes are applied?? is it friction applied to charge the 12-volt? how do i stop the noise? is it brakes? pads? rotors? the noise is getting louder and more horrible ... mahalo's in adv.