Disco 1 Quoted £300 for front wheel bearings, swivel seals, UJs and A frame ball joint

DiscoLyle · Jan 14, 2020

Evening all
I have been quoted £300 by a friend to fit the following to my Disco 300TDI as a foreigner.
I'm curious to know what I would expect to pay if I went through a garage?

Both front wheel bearings
Both swivels with seal kit
Replace universal joints on front prop
Replace A frame joint joint.

How much would you expect to pay for all this.
Thanks

discool · Jan 14, 2020

Labour only at a garage you could double that.

neilly · Jan 14, 2020

Is this fit only or supply parts as well?

Cheers

DiscoLyle · Jan 14, 2020

Just to fit

neilly said:
Is this fit only or supply parts as well?

Cheers

DiscoLyle · Jan 14, 2020

Apologies for posting this thread multiple times. I didn’t mean to. The website seemed to be playing up and not refreshing. next minute I have spammed the whole disco forum. Please could a admin delete the others.
Thanks

Hicap phill · Jan 14, 2020

Can you help him do the job?
You will need to know for the future.
Replace the rear UJs as well

price for Labour is ok

Turboman · Jan 14, 2020

DiscoLyle said:
Apologies for posting this thread multiple times. I didn’t mean to. The website seemed to be playing up and not refreshing. next minute I have spammed the whole disco forum. Please could a admin delete the others.
Thanks

It isn't your fault, it is a site issue. People who have posted thousands of times are getting caught out.

I would say that is a very reasonable price to fit all that stuff, provided he will do a good job.

DiscoLyle · Jan 14, 2020

Thanks for the replys.
Yeh he's a good mechanic. I will try and learn and much as I can off him. I'm a welder fabricator by trade.

Disco1BFG · Jan 14, 2020

DiscoLyle said:
Evening all
I have been quoted £300 by a friend to fit the following to my Disco 300TDI as a foreigner.
I'm curious to know what I would expect to pay if I went through a garage?

Both front wheel bearings

Both swivels with seal kit

Replace universal joints on front prop

Replace A frame joint joint.

How much would you expect to pay for all this.
Thanks

Probably more than that.

If your friend has the tools and ability ( which I'm not questioning BTW - but it's not a job a "car" mechanic will do easily ), then that isn't daft money at all IMHO.

To state the obvious, there are four wheel bearings in the axles, and, IME, only Timken make them. ( all the "others" are worthless

).

UJ's I'd fit GKN / HS

A-frame ball joint I'd fit Lemforder (sp?)

lynall · Jan 14, 2020

Very

DiscoLyle said:
Evening all
I have been quoted £300 by a friend to fit the following to my Disco 300TDI as a foreigner.
I'm curious to know what I would expect to pay if I went through a garage?

Both front wheel bearings

Both swivels with seal kit

Replace universal joints on front prop

Replace A frame joint joint.

How much would you expect to pay for all this.
Thanks

Very much an open ended question
Will the swivel to axle bolts come undone? will the A frame nut play ball?
They would also want tof it new prop as it would work out cheaper than fitting two u/js at their labour rate.
I would hazard a guess at double your mates quote and then maybe some more for luck.

That is of course if you could actually get anyone to even quote you on it.

flat · Jan 15, 2020

£300 sounds very reasonable. To cheap in fact, is he no good?

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