Brake Caliper + Timing belt

Bombbastic22

Hi ya'll,

I had a rusted rear left brake caliper on an 05 Lancer, which was sticking and caused the break pad on that side to wear prematurely. Caliper and pads on rear right are fine.

Dropped it into garage and he says it'll cost a total of 550 as he has to replace the one bad caliper, brake discs, shoes and pads on both sides.

In addition, he quoted me 330 for replacing a timing belt which he quoted as 200 labour and 130 for the belt. I rang a car parts place who quoted 35 for a belt and when I said about being quoted 130 he siad I was probably being quoted for a timing belt kit, which he then quoted as 75, which is still significantly cheaper. So, my questions are: 1. IS there any need for a garage to buy a timing belt kit with every belt change? 2. Do you always need to change pads etc on both sides even though one side is perfect? 3. Am I being completely ripped off?

880 euro seems very excessive.....

dudara

Moving to the Motors forum, as it's better suited there.

dudara

burke027

Seems about right to be to be honest.
Timing belt kit is all used on your car I.e water pump belt and idlers.
Brake pads must be changed both sides and you would as good practise change both discs together.
As for the price is say it's in around close enough.
Your not being robbed but you not getting it cheap it's about average

Bombbastic22

burke027 wrote: »

Seems about right to be to be honest.
Timing belt kit is all used on your car I.e water pump belt and idlers.
Brake pads must be changed both sides and you would as good practise change both discs together.
As for the price is say it's in around close enough.
Your not being robbed but you not getting it cheap it's about average

Cheers. Seems a bit dear though. Last time I had a guy do t-belt he charged 50 for the belt and 70 for the labour. It was about 3 years ago. Admittedly It wasn't a garage, just a guy who worked in one making a few quid extra outside his normal 9-5. Water pump was never replaced on previous car and it did 80000 miles in my possession.

Tropheus

Is the calliper that bad that it needs to be replaced? You can get rebuild kits for them - new piston and seals and it should be as good as new. I did that on my Audi Allroad last year and it cost €50 for the rebuild kit as opposed to €200+ for a new calliper.

Bombbastic22

Tropheus wrote: »

Is the calliper that bad that it needs to be replaced? You can get rebuild kits for them - new piston and seals and it should be as good as new. I did that on my Audi Allroad last year and it cost €50 for the rebuild kit as opposed to €200+ for a new calliper.

It's rusted to bits. Had it greased up about a year ago but it was never quite right and proved to be a bit of a false economy in the long run.

heroics

what about one of these. Just picked the 1.6 lancer as example

http://www.mister-auto.ie/en/caliper/mitsubishi-lancer-saloon-cs-a-1-6-98hp_v17751_g78.html

I got a rear caliper for the A6 (electronic parking brake) and it was 1/2 the price of the local dealer. Part was delivered on time and is perfect. Had to send old caliper back but the return post was free.

9935452

Bombbastic22 wrote: »

Cheers. Seems a bit dear though. Last time I had a guy do t-belt he charged 50 for the belt and 70 for the labour. It was about 3 years ago. Admittedly It wasn't a garage, just a guy who worked in one making a few quid extra outside his normal 9-5. Water pump was never replaced on previous car and it did 80000 miles in my possession.

Personally when i get a timing belt done i always do the water pump and idlers/tensioners. Car parts are being made cheaper and dont last as long as they used to.
The problem with a lot of cars is the water pump is driven off the back of the timing belt , If it seizes it will break the timing belt and will write off the engine.

arthur daly

9935452 wrote: »

Personally when i get a timing belt done i always do the water pump and idlers/tensioners. Car parts are being made cheaper and dont last as long as they used to.
The problem with a lot of cars is the water pump is driven off the back of the timing belt , If it seizes it will break the timing belt and will write off the engine.

I agree doing it all at the same time is the only way

mossy50

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