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Help! Price check for bleeding brakes.

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#1 ·
Help, HD dealership price check. I have just been quoted $367.00 to bleed the front brake system on my 09SERG, is this price correct??:confused:
 
#2 ·
I would ask them what's all included in that price because it seems a bit high to me for just bleeding the brakes. Now if your talking a complete brake fluid change and bleed.... There's a bit more time involved in that but still....yikes 367 bucks.

You need to ask more questions.
 
#4 ·
That sounds excessive. While on a trip, my wife and I had the brakes on her '03 Road King fluid changed, bled, and if my memory serves me correctly, it was right around $100 bill. Which I thought was acceptable for both front and rear.... granted, no abs to deal with, but I can't imagine it would raise the price that dramatically.
 
#9 ·
If it has ABS, the reason they are charging you soo much is cause they say that they have to hook it up to computer to bleed all the air out. They tried screwing me like that when i put apes on my bike and changed out the line but you cant fool a mechanic. I did it all myself.
I saw that you hail from both Austrailia and Bulgaria.
I don't know what currency is used in either place, Australian pounds, Australian dollars, Bulgarian currency, euro's?
So I if you've figured in the exchange rate for whatever currency your using and you are indeed talking US dollars, hell yeah that seems like a lot of money.
It sounds like you dealer doesnt want to do it and is making it worth their while.
Buy a service manual, if you don't have one already, and do it yourself.
Just my humble opinion, I could be wrong.
Good luck!
HSP
Thanks Guys,
To answer all quickly, 1, Bike in Houston I'm riding it to Sturgis and wanted everything done before I landed in TX. 2, Got a Mighty-vac . 3, Bikes got ABS,

Bluchevypick tell me how you did it on an ABS system, done it plenty of times on my Heritage. Oh and here's an up-date I told them I only want the upper line change they came back with $188.00. Cheers
 
#6 ·
If it has ABS, the reason they are charging you soo much is cause they say that they have to hook it up to computer to bleed all the air out. They tried screwing me like that when i put apes on my bike and changed out the line but you cant fool a mechanic. I did it all myself.
 
#7 ·
What kind of money?

I saw that you hail from both Austrailia and Bulgaria.
I don't know what currency is used in either place, Australian pounds, Australian dollars, Bulgarian currency, euro's?
So I if you've figured in the exchange rate for whatever currency your using and you are indeed talking US dollars, hell yeah that seems like a lot of money.
It sounds like you dealer doesnt want to do it and is making it worth their while.
Buy a service manual, if you don't have one already, and do it yourself.
Just my humble opinion, I could be wrong.
Good luck!
HSP
 
#8 ·
I recently had an extended front brake line for my 11 RGU with ABS. It cost an hour of labor, plus they replaced the banjo bolt twice trying to get it to seal.
 
#10 ·
I have ABS, I extended my cables and they charged me 1/2 service to bleed the ABS (not sure if that's the official term used). $367 not only sounds excessive it sounds like it should come with free smokies cause they are screwing you. As mentioned find out exactly what they are doing, maybe they have some additional work they we're including.
 
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