First things first thanks to everyone for all the great info in this board. Owned my FJ60 for about a year and spent the entire time lurking and reading all of the advice. Now to the problem: I've been having brake issues with my FJ60 lately. The travel in the brake pedal has been fluctuating At some times I press the brake and everything feels normal...other times I press the brake and the pedal just keeps travelling down until I finally get some stopping power. I'm sure it's not more than a few inches of extra travel but it causes a little "panic" when your coming up on a sudden red light. My cruiser went from a weekend car to a DD about two weeks ago so I definitely want to make sure I can stop in Dallas traffic.
I took my car into one of the recommended mechanics on this board and was told the diaphragm in the brake booster had a hole in it. Didn't sound like a bid deal but the quote is for $500 to have it sent away, competely rebuilt and then reinstalled. I just have no reference point to know if this is a decent deal, complete ripoff or I should be heading elsewhere. I'm stuck right now because my wife is out of town and I'm borrowing her car...if I'm going to fix this it needs to be in the next couple of days. Not a ton of time to make the decision.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Kevin
I took my car into one of the recommended mechanics on this board and was told the diaphragm in the brake booster had a hole in it. Didn't sound like a bid deal but the quote is for $500 to have it sent away, competely rebuilt and then reinstalled. I just have no reference point to know if this is a decent deal, complete ripoff or I should be heading elsewhere. I'm stuck right now because my wife is out of town and I'm borrowing her car...if I'm going to fix this it needs to be in the next couple of days. Not a ton of time to make the decision.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Kevin