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Hi all, I really gotta rant just to wind down. Found out yesterday that I had a leaky rear brake cylinder
. Bloke at the garage quoted me £136 to replace both sides (shoes and cylinders)
. There was no way I could afford this so I went to see my cousin who could get the parts cost price and he would only charge me a couple of pouches of backy for doing it:d .
"Great" I thought. Took it round to him today, changes the shoes and cylinders. Underneath car to manually adjust handbrake and what happens....the bloody rod that goes from the handbrake lever to the adjuster sheared due to metal fatigue
.
Local supplier advised us that this part can only be obtained from Renault Dealership. Rang them up and guess what....cannot buy just the rod, have to buy the whole shebang at a cost of £268:crazy: :steam: . No way I said, scrapyard it is......three scrappy's later and no mk1 Lags
, so got the rod from a mk2.
Of course, we then found out it was different
.
Cut a long story short, alot of cutting and welding later we eventually did a pretty good botch job and the handbrake is now in working condition
.
Went round to cousins at 11:30 this morning and what should have taken about an hour ended up taking six hours:steam: .
Anyway, rant over. I really needed that..........:yawn:
"Great" I thought. Took it round to him today, changes the shoes and cylinders. Underneath car to manually adjust handbrake and what happens....the bloody rod that goes from the handbrake lever to the adjuster sheared due to metal fatigue
Local supplier advised us that this part can only be obtained from Renault Dealership. Rang them up and guess what....cannot buy just the rod, have to buy the whole shebang at a cost of £268:crazy: :steam: . No way I said, scrapyard it is......three scrappy's later and no mk1 Lags
Of course, we then found out it was different
Cut a long story short, alot of cutting and welding later we eventually did a pretty good botch job and the handbrake is now in working condition
Went round to cousins at 11:30 this morning and what should have taken about an hour ended up taking six hours:steam: .
Anyway, rant over. I really needed that..........:yawn: