Brake Shims

[Glliw]

I took my car into the local Big10 tires to have them put on a center cap they broke and to check out a noise from the front left. It turns out that the shims on the front left and rear right were missing. Seems strange but I'll believe it. They quoted it at 200 bucks to fix but I figured I would opt to get the parts at Advance for 30 bucks instead. My question is, how hard is it to do shims?

 

[Glliw]

Sorry for not specifying, this is for the brake calipers.

 

[SinaiTSi]

Very easy IMO. It's really about as hard as changing out the brake pads. Do you have a Haynes manual?

 

[Glliw]

Of course I do.

 

[SinaiTSi]

Of course I do.

Awesome. That will help you a lot when you put in your shims. Let me know if you have any other questions.

 

[Glliw]

OK, thanks bro. I won't be able to get to it for a couple days because of work but I will definitely keep you posted.

 

[Glliw]

Ok so all that noise they said was shims, turned out to be snapped wheel studs, making the wheel flop around like a bi***. Needless to say they replaced the studs for free since they were the last ones to mess with the tire when they put the tires on.

 

[SinaiTSi]

Ok so all that noise they said was shims, turned out to be snapped wheel studs, making the wheel flop around like a bi***. Needless to say they replaced the studs for free since they were the last ones to mess with the tire when they put the tires on.

WTF

I had the same thing happen to me twice. Well, once with my Talon and then again with my parent's van. You'd think that people in the automotive business could put a wheel back correctly. So, I guess it all worked out then, no more noise?

 

[Glliw]

yea, it took care of all of the noise. Thanks for all the help bud.