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Infotraker
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 Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:10 pm Post subject: Brake and lite inspection |
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I need to get a brake and light inspection on my vw buggy to get it street legal. I am looking for a shop that might not need to take the brakes down to the pads. New parts but most shops will charge a Lot for all of the work. If anyone knows of a shop they used anywhere near Sacramento Calif. let me know.
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Fenix
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Brake and lite inspection |
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I need to get a brake and light inspection on my vw buggy to get it street legal. I am looking for a shop that might not need to take the brakes down to the pads. New parts but most shops will charge a Lot for all of the work. If anyone knows of a shop they used anywhere near Sacramento Calif. let me know.
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If it's part of the inspection they still charge more for that in CA? |
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Infotraker
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Brake and lite inspection |
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The buggy is hard to jack up to get wheels off, not stable unless you really put lots of blocks under it. Also the back hubs are Torqed to 250 ft pounds, takes time to get off. All of this takes time, one shop quoted $400 for inspection.
Some people on different forums say some shops,hardly check anything, maybe just the lites etc. I need to find a foregiving less stringent shop if possible. |
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: Brake and lite inspection |
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They don't need to take the drums off, that what those rubber plugs in the backing plates are for, to inspect the shoes. If it takes them that long, they're incompetent or they're ripping you off, either way, they should be reported to whatever governing body that they report to.
Floor jack under the rear torsion housing will lift the whole side.
Leave wheels on, remove center nut & remove drum with wheel (unless your wheels or center caps cover access to center nut.).
Good to impact wrench makes short work of the center nut.
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andk5591
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| Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 5:40 am Post subject: Re: Brake and lite inspection |
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Or in the case of a 5 lug wheel, you have the inspection/access hole in the outside of the drum. Depending on your wheels, you may need to have the wheels pulled.
Pretty obvious the shop you contacted did not want to do the work....Call around
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