Well all done folks! Only took 6 hours and costed $336.00. The shop owner was pretty embarrassed, but it wasnt his fault, it was the lack of aftermarket parts available. The first two brake shoes didnt fit the rotor. The owner said he has never seen getting parts for a drum job as difficult as this one. Thank gawd this is the last time I mess with my drums, I dont care how bad the rears get. The wa wa waaah sound is gone, but its replaced now with a light whirring noise when I step on the accelerator. Lol, I give up.
Once again gentlemen, I thank you for the support!
I had a feeling there was going to be a parts issue when you brought the car in for a brake job. Virtually every part on this car is special order. Pretty much the only thing you will find locally is spark plugs. I once called my local dealership to get a price on a clutch disk and even they said it was something they would have to special order!
It sounds like you found a good shop that worked a parts miracle! I was going to suggest ordering the parts from Rock Auto before hand, but since you had a job doing everything, I kept silent. Looks like I was right.
This brake work could have drastically turned out different. This is why I prefer doing my own work. You get to know what parts went on your car and whether or not there were any problems. Doing the front brakes are so easy even a cave man could do it. The rear drum brakes, I absolutely hate doing. I think I had a noise coming from my drum brakes that was easily resolved by cleaning things out with compressed air. I was planning to replace the shoes but they had plenty of meat on them and blowing out all the dust made my noise go away.
Anyway, that's the end of my rant. Glad to hear things worked out for you. You have a really good and honest shop! Next time you bring something to them, talk to them and offer to order parts for the car in advance from places like RockAuto and Mitsubishi to save them some headache and time.
Dirk Diggler (07-16-2019)
RockAuto.com is a great resource. I wouldn't make to many assumptions on this car. I wouldn't expect to find a factory size tire stocked anywhere outside of a Mitsubishi dealership.
A large dealership like White Bear carries 5 different 165/65-14 tires (Dunlop Enasave, Bridgestone Potenza, Vredestein Quatrac 5, Dunlop Winter Maxx 2 , & Nexen N-Priz). I don't think you would find that selection anywhere else outside of a Mitsubishi dealership in that tire size.
This issue (lack of parts on hand) goes beyond tires I guess.
I am glad they honored their quote. They probably learned something today, too!