Dang y’all need to give up your man cards!! Drums are so simple. Pull both drums. Disassemble one and use the other as an example of how to put it back together. Really?
How much did you guys get charged for drum brakes?
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Dang y’all need to give up your man cards!! Drums are so simple. Pull both drums. Disassemble one and use the other as an example of how to put it back together. Really?
Unless the “other side” isn’t assembled correctly
I really should. Every time I do drum brakes, I'm like "damn, I shoulda bought the tools!"
KennethS
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I really should. Every time I do drum brakes, I'm like "damn, I shoulda bought the tools!"
I don’t disagree, but as I said above, that happens maybe every 10 years for me. I shoulda bought the tools before my first brake job in the 80s.
I just had new drums, shoes, hardware, and wheel cylinders replaced on my 1997 TJ. I originally hired a well known mobile mechanic that I've used for other vehicles in the past. His quote was $450. Unfortunately, he broke the brake line when he was removing the passenger side wheel cylinder and tried hiding what happened by saying the Jeep's axle seal was leaking, and he had to order a new seal and differential gasket.
Something wasn't sitting right with me, and I had another mechanic come look at the Jeep. The guy literally looked underneath the Jeep without jacking it or touching anything and immediately saw the brake line had been cut. A few hours later, the Jeep was towed to a shop that the second mechanic recommended. The shop did all the work, plus the new brake lines, for a grand total of $720. (The tow was an additional $101.)
Not sure the complete breakdown, but the drums alone were $82 each at AutoZone, so I would expect to pay $300-$400 for new drums, shoes, and hardware.
Something wasn't sitting right with me, and I had another mechanic come look at the Jeep. The guy literally looked underneath the Jeep without jacking it or touching anything and immediately saw the brake line had been cut. A few hours later, the Jeep was towed to a shop that the second mechanic recommended. The shop did all the work, plus the new brake lines, for a grand total of $720. (The tow was an additional $101.)
Not sure the complete breakdown, but the drums alone were $82 each at AutoZone, so I would expect to pay $300-$400 for new drums, shoes, and hardware.
I did mine at 272k miles, only because some fool over-torqued the lug nuts and using a torch destroyed the cylinders. I did the full rebuild even though the drums could have gone a bit longer. The springs were iffy; I'll give it that.
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