[penguicon-general] Car issues...

[Dan DeSloover]

Most backyard mechanics will do brakes for cheap, like $25 labor, and 
brake pads themselves are cheap (like $15-$20 a pair w/ a 1yr warranty.) 
The trick is to change the pads before you wear them down to the metal 
and they start eating into your rotors. That's when it gets expensive.

Ann Marie Manzitti wrote:
> Hi Shay,
>
> Sounds like the brakes to me.
>
> I just had to have new rotors and pads installed on my
> car for the same reason.  I drove around with an
> annoying squeal coming from my wheels for over a month
> (including several trips to Detroit) before I took it
> in.  Fortunately, nothing bad happened.  However, I
> wouldn't recommend you go too long without seeing a
> mechanic.
>
> The repair ran about $600 at Tuffy on Washtenaw
> between Golfside and Hewitt (in Ypsi Twp - walking
> distance from my condo in Ypsi).  Might be less for
> you if all you need is resurfacing.  Of course you
> should probably shop around for estimates.
>
> My husband's friend uses a backyard mechanic who is
> willing to barter.  He traded a high end stereo system
> for a clutch once.  Of course, I'm not sure there was
> a warranty, but he's always low on cash so he does
> what he can to survive.  I can pass on his mechanic's
> information if you'd like.
>
> Ann Marie
>
> --- Shay <bardicwench at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Sorry if you get this more than once...
>>
>> I have a big problem and I figured that I might be
>> able to ask someone on
>> one of these lists for help.
>>
>> My car started making nasty squealing noises
>> today... It's doing this
>> whenever the wheels are moving: a high pitched
>> squealing noise.  When I
>> apply the break, the squealing lowers pitch, but
>> doesn't stop until the car
>> stops.  I have NO idea what this could be and I'm
>> scared to drive my car
>> now.  It sounds like it's coming from the wheels, if
>> that helps at all.
>>
>> There are a couple of problems:  I've been
>> unemployed for 3 months and I
>> don't have any money to take it into a shop to get
>> it fixed.  I might be
>> able to scrounge up something, but it wouldn't even
>> be close to what a
>> garage or dealership would charge me.
>>
>> The second problem is that I just got a job... in
>> Farmington Hills.  And I
>> start Monday.  I live in Ypsilanti.  If I don't have
>> a reliable car, I can't
>> get to work.
>>
>> So, somehow, I have to figure out what's wrong with
>> my car and manage to get
>> it fixed before Monday.  But I have no money and I
>> don't know how to fix
>> cars.
>>
>> Can anyone help me here?
>>
>> ~Shay
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