Labor on front pads/machine???

[NY94J30]

Can anyone tell me what the list labor time is on pad replacement and machining the front rotors.

I've done it before and its a half hour job to replace the pads - getting them to sit right w/ the shims is where I had problems. The dealership wants 2 hours for the pads and another 1 to machine the rotors. So close to $300, is it me or is that absurd?

[gniknave]

$300 sounds pretty accurate. But I see 1 hour for pads (using Infiniti dealer labor guide), and about .8 hous for machining rotors. If you include parts, that adds up to about $300. But if they're telling you 2 hours JUST for pads, then I'd be taking my business elsewhere.
Modified by gniknave at 4:05 PM 11/30/2004

[NY94J30]

Are both of those numbers from the service manual for the Q?

[gniknave]

They're from the Infiniti Service Department labor guide updated in 2002.

[gniknave]

I just don't see how doing pads would take longer than machining rotors.

[Q45tech]

The job assumes lots of cleaning and lubing slider pins, chemical treating- drying and bending shims, rotary wire brush cleaning of hubs..........things that are rarely done.........bleeding of calipers etc.

Takes me about an hour per wheel [without indexing] but I am slow.

Understand that the time clock starts when the car is cranked to drive into shop and add a 10 minute test drive to burnish [partial beding] of new pads/rotors before allowing owner to drive away [wonder how often this is skipped]?

[pito11213]

I know that changing pads at my shop cost $30 labor the rotors might add another $10-$20....MAYBE!! I would rather go with new rotors anyway just to be sure of thoroughness.