Has Anyone Had Their Cvs Replaced?

[lilcrash]

Hey, i need to get my drivers side boots replaced but just wondering if anyone has had to get new cvs. Just want to know how much it cost incase I need new shafts/joints.

Thanks.

[slippylotion]

Just ring up your local driveshaft workshop. Be easier as prices will vary but I did pay around $100 to replace a boot only. I removed and refitted the shaft myself.

Edited March 6, 2012 by slippylotion

[bigkevracer]

Did you find anyone who can supply just a boot Paul? My drivers side inner boot is knackered but the CV joint itself is fine.

[lilcrash]

$100 for 1 boot. Shit. I've got 2 stuffed ones.

[slippylotion]

Yeah that was to pull the joint apart clean, inspect and repack it, then fit new boot. A boot kit is about $40-50 but then you do the work and buy the joint grease. I thought it was a fair price.

[66yostagea]

Funny this is up. Had a call this morning from someone local who wants CV joints. Says there is a pair on ebay for $400. Is that reasonable or is it better to go to a repairer.

If so it there anyone in Brisbane you can recommend. And how much???

I got my boots from Repco last year. The fronts were only$30ish each. Local mobile mech charged $50 to fit them.

Edited March 6, 2012 by 66yostagea

[ironpaw]

I just had both of mine done, along with all the boots, for $175 each plus labour...

I think I paid too much, much didbn't have time to dick around for prices.

The whole bill came to $16xx...pissed me off to no end...

[zei20l]

wow, it took craig about 30 mins to do one, and that was his first time!

[ironpaw]

wow, it took craig about 30 mins to do one, and that was his first time!

the $1600 was including other crap...but I still felt he ripped me off. Seriously, a trustworthy mechanic is rarer then hen's teeth.

Example - I went to this same mechanic to get a RWC done in order to reg my car in VIC. He charged me $110 for the RWC in Jan 2011.

last week I went there to get another RWC. on the invoice he priced the RWC @ $150??? WTF?

I ordered the superpro bushes via Bursons and Bursons was gonna charge me $187. The mechanic said just have them delivered to his place so he can install them ASAP. I thought, alright, why not. On the bill his charged me $207 for the bushes.

I can go on forever, but f**k me, they're just giving themselves a bad rep as dodgy kunts

Edited March 6, 2012 by ironpaw

[iamhe77]

$187 + $20 shipping to his workshop I'd imagine.

Not that I disagree with you at all regarding the prices mechs can charge.

[zei20l]

stagea garage FTW!!

[ironpaw]

$187 + $20 shipping to his workshop I'd imagine.

Not that I disagree with you at all regarding the prices mechs can charge.

LOL, $20 shipping? a bit rich considering the workshop was about 1.5km away from the Bursons that I ordered it from.

I was gonna pick it up myself but the Mechanic insisted that Bursons had it delivered (not by a courier/post - just an employee driving over). The way I see it they just want to milk every penny from us folks...

Edited March 7, 2012 by ironpaw

[66yostagea]

I am REALLY luck here on Mt Tamborine. The local Mobile Mech is very reasonable, and just as important, very clued up. The only problem he is mostly flat out and it can take a week for him to arrive. Sometimes he comes out to do a pissy little job I can't do caus of my arthritis, and he wont even charge.

[lilcrash]

$170 drive in drive out. Strip, clean, grease and new boots.

Sounds good to me

[Stooge007]

$170 drive in drive out. Strip, clean, grease and new boots.

Sounds good to me

both boots (driver and passenger) for $170?

or just inner/outer on drivers side?

Edited March 7, 2012 by Stooge007

[lilcrash]

Both drivers side boots, but strip and regrease passenger.

[Bronx]

you guys check this out yet???

Stagea CV boots