Brake Caliper Slide Pins labor time

1.0 hrtypical

0.8 to 1.5hours on most vehicles

$150typical labor at $150/hr

Brake Caliper Slide Pins takes about 1.0 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 3,929 vehicle and engine combinations from 48 makes, most fall between 0.8 and 1.5 hours. Jaguar, Lincoln and Porsche vehicles tend to take the longest; Mini, Suzuki and Renault the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

Shop labor rate

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Enter a rate to see the labor cost of each job. Many US shops charge somewhere between $100 and $200 an hour.

At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $120 to $225, about $150 on a typical vehicle. Parts are extra.

How long it takes across all vehicles

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Hours, in half hour steps. Each bar is how many vehicle and engine combinations fall in that range.

Brake Caliper Slide Pins time on popular vehicles

2026 Audi A6 2.0L Turbo I41.0 hr
2025 Volvo S60 2.0L I4 Turbo+SC1.0 hr
2026 Porsche 911 3.0L Twin Turbo H61.2 hr
2025 Nissan Altima 2.5L I4 (PR25DD, 188 hp)0.9 hr

Brake Caliper Slide Pins time by make

Make	Typical	Most vehicles	Vehicles
Jaguar	1.5 hr	1.2 to 1.5	50
Lincoln	1.5 hr	1.2 to 1.5	10
Porsche	1.2 hr	1.0 to 1.5	642
Mercedes-Benz	1.2 hr	1.0 to 1.5	437
BMW	1.2 hr	1.0 to 1.5	246
Audi	1.2 hr	1.0 to 1.5	177
Cadillac	1.2 hr	1.0 to 1.5	77
Peugeot	1.2 hr	1.2 to 1.2	17
Genesis	1.2 hr	1.2 to 1.2	12
Chevrolet	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.1	252
Dodge	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	184
Plymouth	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.0	134
GMC	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	132
Buick	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.0	121
Oldsmobile	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.0	81
Volvo	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.2	80
Pontiac	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	74
Toyota	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	71
Chrysler	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.0	64
Alfa Romeo	1.0 hr	1.0 to 1.2	62
Acura	1.0 hr	1.0 to 1.5	52
Mazda	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.0	45
Jeep	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	44
Lexus	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	40
Mitsubishi	1.0 hr	0.9 to 1.0	33
Land Rover	1.0 hr	1.0 to 1.5	30
Mercury	1.0 hr	1.0 to 1.5	29
Hyundai	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	25
Isuzu	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.2	25
Infiniti	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.5	24
AMC	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.0	13
Kia	1.0 hr	0.8 to 1.2	7
Opel	1.0 hr	1.0 to 1.0	6
Ford	0.9 hr	0.8 to 1.0	197
Subaru	0.9 hr	0.8 to 1.5	39
Nissan	0.8 hr	0.8 to 1.0	146
Volkswagen	0.8 hr	0.8 to 1.0	70
Fiat	0.8 hr	0.8 to 1.0	37
MG	0.8 hr	0.8 to 1.0	37
Honda	0.8 hr	0.8 to 1.0	34
Eagle	0.8 hr	0.8 to 0.8	23
Saab	0.8 hr	0.8 to 1.0	16
Renault	0.8 hr	0.8 to 1.2	12
Suzuki	0.8 hr	0.8 to 0.8	8
Mini	0.8 hr	0.8 to 0.8	7

Other brakes repairs

Brake Rotors - Front Pair1.5 hr typical
Brake Rotor - Front Single0.8 hr typical
Brake Fluid Flush0.8 hr typical
Brake Pads - Front1.2 hr typical
Brake Caliper - Front1.5 hr typical
Brake Pads and Rotors - Front1.8 hr typical
Brake Light Switch0.5 hr typical
Brake Hose - Front1.0 hr typical
Brake Hose - Rear1.0 hr typical
Brake Line - Single1.5 hr typical
Brake Pads and Rotors - Rear2.0 hr typical
Brake Bleed - All Four0.8 hr typical

Hours are what a professional technician takes with the right tools, the same way shops quote jobs. Figures come from the Open Labor Project database.