jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
news:WOednaYjBc1yR4DVnZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:

> Armand wrote:
>>
>> In article <Xns9A945A2E0DF08tegger@207.14.116.130>, tegger@tegger.c0m
>> says...
>>> Bluzeguitar@verizon.net (Armand) wrote in
>>> news:Mt1Tj.288$JF1.245@trndny06:
>>>
>>>> I almost fell out of my chair when my dealer told me that new
>>>> rotors and pads would cost $470 total. Is this about right? He
>>>> said the "front end" has to be removed so it's mostly a labor
>>>> issue. Thanks for any advice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That's correct. The steering knuckle has to be removed from the car
>>> and the hub pressed off before the rotor can be removed.
>>>
>>> Honda changed the design for the '98 model year to make rotors
>>> easier to remove. You still have the old, bad design.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks Tegger. My service guy is usually straight up with me and I
>> guess I have to expect expenditures like this for a 13 year old car.
>>
>
>
>
> but the real question is why you think you need the rotors replacing
> in the first place. what are the symptoms you're experiencing?




Armand appears to be in Noo Joisey. Rust is probably a factor, along
with thickness under minimum limits.





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