bkueter

Hello all I am new to the forum and may not be asking in the correct area. I just had my 1966 in for work, I was having electrical and engine work done. The shop got that part done and said the bill was about $700.00. But then he said the brakes needed to be totally redone, I asked him what he thought for cost and said about $400.00 I said OK. Well I got the bill today and it went from the $700.00 to $2,612.74. When I asked him what happened he said the brakes took over 12 hours to due and they had put 30.5 hours of labor into the work. I think I got taken what do any of you think.

Thank You,

roadrunner

Sounds like you got bent over and given the high hard one. Did they replace the whole system?

bkueter

Hi there, they replaced the front and rear drums, shoes, wheel Cyl. Assy. a Auto Adj. Brake Hardware Kit, Return Spring, Front wheel seals, and a Misc. Brake hardware kit. I just think over 12hrs. seems Crazy, but not much I can do now.

2005MustangGtGuy

Id say 3, maybe 4 hours tops to put those parts on. Sounds like they never did a drum brake car before..12 hours is waaayyyy too long [&:]

roadrunner

sh@$, 3 hours max for someone who knows what they are doing. That and drums are easy. Way over charged. Take your car to another shop and have them bid it total, for time and parts, just dont show them your bill. and find out the difference

bkueter

Thank You all I will keep checking for more feed back that I can come to the mechanic with.

waxyourboard

Umm... i'm pretty sure... unless you okayed them to do any and all work regardless of price, they can't do the work if it's going to cost more than 10% over what they quoted you...

At least in Florida.

When i had my '67 200, they had to replace the Master cylinder, rear slave cylinders, rear brake lines, and some hardware, and i'm pretty sure it cost about $500 including parts