Procedure times

[Badazzspydee]

Does anyone know where a person could get a list of times Can Am says a procedure should take? An example would be changing the coolant or putting in fresh brake fluid. I know I saw it somewhere but can't seem to find it now.

[Chupaca]

shop manuals usually have the flat rates in them. That's what the manufacturer suggest shops charge for labor. That is what they will pay the shops for warranty work... Doesn't mean that is what the shop will charge...but should..

[Bob Ledford]

Does anyone know where a person could get a list of times Can Am says a procedure should take? An example would be changing the coolant or putting in fresh brake fluid. I know I saw it somewhere but can't seem to find it now.

Chilton shop manuals used to have listed the flat rate of the time that it supposedly took to Remove and Replace a part. The flat rate. Is listed in hours and tenths. A tenth equals six minutes?

[BajaRon]

Chilton shop manuals used to have listed the flat rate of the time that it supposedly took to Remove and Replace a part. The flat rate. Is listed in hours and tenths. A tenth equals six minutes?

It's 6 minutes for an SAE hour, but only 5 minutes for a Metric hour...

[Bob Ledford]

You got me there but then I try to not due "metric" yea,I know I am a dinosaur when it comes to tools

[NancysToy]

It's 6 minutes for an SAE hour, but only 5 minutes for a Metric hour...

How much for a Whitworth hour?

[Badazzspydee]

Found the info in the Green Manual.

[boborgera]

How much for a Whitworth hour?

You'll find it in some old Brit manuals. Leave it to the Brits to oddball a tool box..

[harrypottar]

Being a Brit who as no mechanical skills, never heard of Whitworth. A spanner is a spanner, never understood why they came in all those different sizes. However I had to google..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Whitworth

harry

[NancysToy]

Being a Brit who as no mechanical skills, never heard of Whitworth. A spanner is a spanner, never understood why they came in all those different sizes. However I had to google..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Standard_Whitworth

harry

And here I thought that a spanner was a wrench.

[BajaRon]

I had a 441 BSA Victor that came with at Whitworth tool kit. That should have been my first clue as to how things were going to go with that vehicle.

[NancysToy]

I had a 441 BSA Victor that came with at Whitworth tool kit. That should have been my first clue as to how things were going to go with that vehicle.

Glad to hear that there is someone else in the world who wasn't in love with his 441 Victor.

[BajaRon]

Glad to hear that there is someone else in the world who wasn't in love with his 441 Victor.

More like a love/hate relationship. I wanted to love it but there were times I just couldn't.

[Badazzspydee]

Just a followup on what it cost me to have the coolant changed and the brakes flushed and filled. The mechanic flushed the cooling system. Refilled with new antifreeze. Burped the system then took it for a ride and rechecked the level. Left it sit overnight and re-checked for leaks, water pump weep hole and level.

For the brake procedure, he had to dismount front tires and removed the calipers from their mounts. He said the procedure required they be lifted higher than normal. He flushed the old fluid and replaced with new. It took two bottles of fluid. I don't know the size but $6.99 per bottle. He then hooked up BUDS and check that the brake system was putting out the correct pressure. While BUDS was hooked up, he also cleared some miscellaneous codes and made sure it had all the latest updates.

For this, the dealer charged me 6.5 hours of labor at $95 per hour for a total of $617.50. Add another $49.50 for shop supplies and hazmat disposal along with $13.98 for brake fluid and the total cost becomes $680.98. A boy and his toy doesn't come too cheap!!

[Bob Denman]

I'm the, "Break out the BFH" kind of guy...