Hemitom
Senior Member
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2011
- Posts
- 611
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- Ram Year
- 2004
- Engine
- Hemi 5.7
Well my day started out OK, planning on a trip on Thursday..my tires are well overdue for a rotate...decided i have no way to personally do it myself, exp with the 20 inch tires and no jack...so i decided to take it over to a local shop that I and my family have been using for years...
Anyway, took it over and did the rotate and to patch a tire that had a small nail in it. 30 minutes later i was told that the 2 nails that were found weren't leaker..saved money there.. so when done i was handed the bill and it said...$00.00, man that was cheap...they must have made a mistake...oh well didn't say anything...did find out I needed both front and rear brakes, figured id do them myself like i have before...so i went to the Pep Boys to get the rotors and Pads for the Ram.
got home and tried to jack it up using a small ass hydo jack and jack stands in my parents driveway on a slight incline...bad combo....the jack wouldn't lift the truck enough to put the stands under it... so i gave up. called the shop up and asked them about installing them...they told me they don't normally install customer provided parts, but because "I" am a very good customer they would make an exception and am dropping it off in the morning ... I'm actually looking forward to it getting done..
I knew they were low and needed to be done..just didn't know how bad they were. 0% front and 5% rear, surely don't want to make a 1200 mile trip knowing the brakes are that bad..
Ive put brakes on the truck a few times already...at that time i had a lift...
so basically on that subject it wasn't a bad day... for the most part...
Anyway, took it over and did the rotate and to patch a tire that had a small nail in it. 30 minutes later i was told that the 2 nails that were found weren't leaker..saved money there.. so when done i was handed the bill and it said...$00.00, man that was cheap...they must have made a mistake...oh well didn't say anything...did find out I needed both front and rear brakes, figured id do them myself like i have before...so i went to the Pep Boys to get the rotors and Pads for the Ram.
got home and tried to jack it up using a small ass hydo jack and jack stands in my parents driveway on a slight incline...bad combo....the jack wouldn't lift the truck enough to put the stands under it... so i gave up. called the shop up and asked them about installing them...they told me they don't normally install customer provided parts, but because "I" am a very good customer they would make an exception and am dropping it off in the morning ... I'm actually looking forward to it getting done..
I knew they were low and needed to be done..just didn't know how bad they were. 0% front and 5% rear, surely don't want to make a 1200 mile trip knowing the brakes are that bad..
Ive put brakes on the truck a few times already...at that time i had a lift...
so basically on that subject it wasn't a bad day... for the most part...