£90 for fixing my hand brake?

mimbo · 25th March 2010, 20:44

Hi members

Had my hand brake fixed today, need new brake shoes

Paid 90 quid for them to supply and fit

Fraser Mitchell · 25th March 2010, 20:48

Sounds reasonable to me because the calipers and discs have first to be removed to get at the handbrake shoes, then the shoes have to be fitted, the whole lot re-assembled, then the handbrake adjusted

ampwhu · 25th March 2010, 20:48

shoes must be about £25.

mimbo · 25th March 2010, 20:59

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Originally Posted by ampwhu

shoes must be about £25.

Was charged £36.98
1.5 hours labour for doing the job, it was a Rover specialist garage I use, they did my 90,000 mile service last year and charged me £335 but I did supply all the belts, water pump, plugs, etc

Have seen the shoes cheaper on e bay for 20 quid, If I supply the parts and the garage then fits them, I have no come back if anything goes wrong

Least if they supply and fit the parts and anything goes wrong then at least they will do something about it

Had a new steering rack fitted last year

Labour £120
Steering rack (not Rover) it was 100 quid cheaper than Rover £236.83

Its a lot cheaper than I thought it would be to run but then I am only doing about 5000 miles a year

If I was doing about 10K to 20 K a year I would not be able to afford and run this car

Would end up with some cheap Foreign thing

mimbo · 25th March 2010, 21:00

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Originally Posted by Fraser Mitchell

Sounds reasonable to me because the calipers and discs have first to be removed to get at the handbrake shoes, then the shoes have to be fitted, the whole lot re-assembled, then the handbrake adjusted

1.5 hours labour sounds about right for this job

VVC-Geeza · 25th March 2010, 21:03

Very reasonable for what sounds like good service.

mimbo · 25th March 2010, 21:10

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Originally Posted by VVC-Geeza

Very reasonable for what sounds like good service.

Yes they did a very good job last year

Am never using Kwit fit again for MOT's, They failed the 75 on the hand brake, I then went to pick the car up at 4 pm, They then told me to go else where and get it fixed as they had no idea what was wrong with it

They now saying that they should of fixed it and I will end up paying more money because I went else where

They booked it in to day at 5 PM for a re test, turned up and was told to go back in the morning at 8.30

Once and if I ever get the MOT I will never be using them again and I will be in contact with head office

MN190 · 25th March 2010, 21:14

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Originally Posted by mimbo

1.5 hours labour sounds about right for this job

It does. The only way of doing it cheaper is if you change them at the same time as the discs as you pay for less labour for the two jobs combined.

mimbo · 25th March 2010, 21:22

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Originally Posted by MN190

It does. The only way of doing it cheaper is if you change them at the same time as the discs as you pay for less labour for the two jobs combined.

The front and rear brakes were replaced before I took new ownership as well as 4 new tyers

The hand brake shoes looked like that they have never been replaced

I never use the hand brake that much being a automatic, did not really notice it was not working, the shoes were worn out

VVC-Geeza · 25th March 2010, 22:30

I'm loosing track a bit here

Why didn't you use your Rover specialist for your MOT,or at least let them take it somewhere trusted for you?

Kwik fit are excellent for fixed price jobs like an A/C regas but as far as MOT's are concerned it's a lottery what they find.They are target driven an opportunistic.

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Fraser Mitchell Gets stuck in Rover 75 2.5 V6 Club Auto Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Crewe Posts: 898 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sounds reasonable to me because the calipers and discs have first to be removed to get at the handbrake shoes, then the shoes have to be fitted, the whole lot re-assembled, then the handbrake adjusted

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ampwhu Loves to post Looking for a tourer Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dorking, Surrey Posts: 348 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	shoes must be about £25.

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VVC-Geeza This is my second home 2005 Connoisseur SE 1.8 Turbo,2004 45 1.8 Connoisseur and my beloved 1998 VVC Coupe. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Derby. Posts: 8,788 Thanks: 2,022 Thanked 1,016 Times in 739 Posts	Very reasonable for what sounds like good service.

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VVC-Geeza This is my second home 2005 Connoisseur SE 1.8 Turbo,2004 45 1.8 Connoisseur and my beloved 1998 VVC Coupe. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Derby. Posts: 8,788 Thanks: 2,022 Thanked 1,016 Times in 739 Posts	I'm loosing track a bit here Why didn't you use your Rover specialist for your MOT,or at least let them take it somewhere trusted for you? Kwik fit are excellent for fixed price jobs like an A/C regas but as far as MOT's are concerned it's a lottery what they find.They are target driven an opportunistic.