driveshaft seals..

1. edwcorst Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 852

   #1 31st July 2009, 09:19

   hi,
   
   just wondering how much you guys think a garage would charge to change my driveshaft seals?
   
   ive already bought the seals just need them replacing.. got one quote @ 100 to change both and the lambda sensor not including parts, i think this is abit expensive? just wondering what you guys think?
   
   
   cheers
2. LeeM Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Liverpool Posts: 7393 Black Corsa C SRi

   #2 31st July 2009, 10:07

   theres quite a lot of work involved really, both hubs need separating from the wishbones which can take a while. gearbox needs draining and refilling too.
   £100 seems fair enough, maybe a little less.
3. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

   #3 31st July 2009, 17:24

   Very expensive imo. Twice as much as you should be paying
4. dankzy Established Member Joined: May 2009 Middlesbrough Posts: 1143 citroen saxo 1.1 forte orange mango :)

   #4 31st July 2009, 17:29

   i changing one of my seals at weekend, £7 from citroen the seal, i rang a garage and it was £106 including seals to replace them, no dare pay that much, i just got a haynes manual and should only take one hour, also i bought the gearbox oil from citroen, that was £7 aswel, hope this helps
5. Andy_K Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2004 in the garage trying to fix the car Posts: 5882 Mondeo st tdci & Supercharged vts

   #5 31st July 2009, 19:32

   If youre supplying all the parts, they should charge you an hours labour, 2 hours top really as its not a big job.
   
   2 minutes to change lambda sensor and half an hour to drain box, pop shafts out, change seals and then 30 mins to put it all back together.
   
   Might charge you a few quid extra to cover cost of gear box oil as well