Brake Master Cylinder
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Brake Master Cylinder
Replaced all my pads and rotors and while the car was jacked up I noticed I was leaking brake fluid from the master cylinder. Wondering if I should just buy a new one from GM or go with this one from Dorman (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DHB-M630023/) from Summit Racing. I've never heard of Dorman and I did a search but could only find two hits on the product, and neither one said weather or not it was junk. It is about twice as cheap which is appealing to me, but I don't want the part to be CHEAP. Inexpensive is good, but I'd rather pay for a quality product. Any one heard of Dorman or have any experience with their stuff?
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Replaced all my pads and rotors and while the car was jacked up I noticed I was leaking brake fluid from the master cylinder. Wondering if I should just buy a new one from GM or go with this one from Dorman (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DHB-M630023/) from Summit Racing. I've never heard of Dorman and I did a search but could only find two hits on the product, and neither one said weather or not it was junk. It is about twice as cheap which is appealing to me, but I don't want the part to be CHEAP. Inexpensive is good, but I'd rather pay for a quality product. Any one heard of Dorman or have any experience with their stuff?
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Naturally, they didn't have it on hand, but had to order it...$6 for a simple, high grade bolt. probably $2 for the bolt, $4 for the "thread lock" past that was pre-applied. Anyway, the bolt comes in 2 days later, and when I pick it up, the counterman says, "Are you lucky, between the time we ordered it for you and the time it came in, the price jumped to $14, but we can only charge you 6"!!
$14 for a freaking bolt???
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Yeah I can definitely understand why there'd be a price difference but twice as much? That's just a little crazy. I've always been in the mind of "You get what you pay for" and paying for something that costs half as much might fail a lot sooner. I dunno, but apparently they're pretty decent!
