Shouldn't shims be replaced with new brakes?

Question

Last week (150km ago) the left rear caliper seized. A pair of calipers, pair of rotors, pads, brake flush, slider guides etc and 800$ later I was happy in my new found security and itching to continue my drive from work to home and back again. Until this morning when a dreadful clunking sound matched tempo with the speed I drove. If it went away, all I had to do was take a right hand turn to get it going again. (didnt have any left turns to try). Took it to a dealer down the street and they wanted to know why I fully replaced the brakes but not the shims as they were making the clunk.

Shouldn't this of been fixed at the first shop who supposedly did a 'complete' brake inspection?

Can shims go bad? I thought (and may be wrong) that shims attached to the pads on a 93 MX-6 and it should be easy to tell if they were worn/wearing out. Are they not a part that would wear with the other parts? Why charge me 800$ and then skimp on 30$ worth of parts?

Any ideas?

Thanks
-Dea

Answer 1

you dont nessisaraly need to replace the shims, they dont wear out, they might break. but it sounds like they just didnt istall them properly

Answer 2

well shims dont really wear out since they are not a wearing item in the brake system but they should have been replaced by the shop that did the supposed complete brake job and shims shouldnt be 30 bucks, if you paid eight hundred dollars for a complete brake job you should have had rotors calipers pads rubber hoses a complete brake flush and still had some money left over i think you got ripped off by the shop you did business with and you need to try and figure out what all they charged you for

Answer 3

SOunds like they didn't do the brake job right. The shims have nothing to do with the brake caliper, seemingly falling off. Sounds like a lwasuit coming.

Answer 4

i own a repair shop,and it sounds like they messed up big time,if i had done this id probably be out of business,but they should have replaced the shims,because they come with the pads , you need to take it back to them and make them do the job right,after all that's what you paid for in the beginning,i never let a vehicle go out of my shop,unless i have test drove it ,and made sure it was right,so you need to take it back as soon as possible and make them straiten it out,and don't settler for just anything,if they have to re-do the brakes again ,then that's what they have to do,,good luck,i hope this help,s.

Answer 5

I owned a fleet of trucks and some cars and I never heard of a rear axel brake job costing $800.00 ---- the next time you need something done to your car go to a "brakes only shop" and get a bid from several shops ---- never go back to that place that cheated you and did not fix the real problem____ all those people did was rob you...

Answer 6

Some cars can live without shims, some can't.
Sounds like more than shims are the problem.