Spongy/Soft brakes

[36fatfriends]

And ya, you need to find a new greasemonkey

I've always been my own grease monkey. They were probably offended when I told them all I wanted was the brakes/ABS module bled on a scanner to ensure air was out. They were trying to upsell me on other stuff before I had even brought the truck in. When I picked it up they said, "yeah we bled them, but it didn't fix it. We don't know what the problem is since you wouldn't allow a diagnostic."

That may be true, but it wouldn't have killed them to point at it, call me a dumb ass, take my money and give a smug smile as I walked out the door. Better than lying to my face.

 

[MRM]

I've always been my own grease monkey. They were probably offended when I told them all I wanted was the brakes/ABS module bled on a scanner to ensure air was out. They were trying to upsell me on other stuff before I had even brought the truck in. When I picked it up they said, "yeah we bled them, but it didn't fix it. We don't know what the problem is since you wouldn't allow a diagnostic."

That may be true, but it wouldn't have killed them to point at it, call me a dumb ass, take my money and give a smug smile as I walked out the door. Better than lying to my face.

It is a struggle finding someone to work on your cars when you usually DIY.
Too bad they couldn't just be straight up with you.

 

[36fatfriends]

Well thanks for talking me off the ledge, fellas. I swapped out the MC last night. Bench bled it, and then a full system bleed, and WOW! what a difference! I was actually able to get my ABS to kick in on a paved road slamming them on. I was not able to do that the day or two prior.

 

[fast306stang]

Well thanks for talking me off the ledge, fellas. I swapped out the MC last night. Bench bled it, and then a full system bleed, and WOW! what a difference! I was actually able to get my ABS to kick in on a paved road slamming them on. I was not able to do that the day or two prior.

That's awesome! Feels great when you can fix something and not spend a lot of money doing it also!

 

[tas6691]

I'll be giving him a call in the morning to let him know I won't be back.

dude....if you did all the work yourself and only went to him to bleed the brakes...I doubt he will care, probably say .....oh nevermind

 

[36fatfriends]

Just to make myself feel better I called the dealer for a quote on all the same work... Dealer quote was $1,963 for parts and $630 for labor. I spent $978 for everything which was:

2 Calipers
4 Premium rotors
pads
parking brake shoes
brake fluid
master cylinder
oil and filter
tire rotation
$130 DIY lessons learned charge

So even including the mess up of taking it to be bled I saved $1,615.

 

[harrycalahan]

It pays to diy. Most of the time...

 

[36fatfriends]

dude....if you did all the work yourself and only went to him to bleed the brakes...I doubt he will care, probably say .....oh nevermind

sometimes its nice letting a liar know that you know. and I've been there before in a pinch when I had absolutely no time. Also, they over-torqued my bleeder nipples too I found out last night when bleeding them. Almost stripped one. I'll just never trust those places to do a quality job.

 

[Bubbado52]

Was the mechanics name Stevie Wonder????

 

[YOTESHOOTER]

Booster or Master Cylinder. I would bet on the Mastercylinder

Could be the booster check valve??..