so my car had been having that loud vibrating noise and stuff so i took it to my mechanic of 7 years to have him fix it out. i ended up getting both my axles replaced, new bushings, new hubcap bearings, and a camshaft seal for $875. did i get ripped off cause that seems like alot.

 

yes you did man....all that would supposily cost around 350

 

 

axles are over 100 apiece most likely. Not sure about the bearings and camshaft seal, but mostly, you paid for labor. Sounds about right, maybe got overcharged 100-200 if that much.

 

Hubcap bearings?

 

thats what he called em

 

haha,i was only joknig about the price, i dont know if you got rip off or not, but it sounds like its pretty high to me, dont ya think

 

yeah thats confusing me too...maybe its the wheel bearings?? but $850 doesn't sound too bad... other than the axle job, I think the LABOR time on the other jobs is what cost you!

 

I bet it was the wheel bearings. Like I said, it's all labor man. Doesn't seem like it would be too much fun

 

Lets say Axles, wheel bearings, and the other stuff..both axles $210 at the most, both wheel bearings $200 at the most, $410 so far, Bushings and a seal cost over $400 more? Hell no.

Go back and talk to him, tell him you don't feel the price is fair.

You should have done your own axles, just pay to do the wheel bearings, and as a matter of fact, you better make sure he did the wheel bearings. If he did do the wheel bearings, WHY? How does he know if they were bad? I mean taking off the axles doesn't give you access to the hub alone.

Honestly, I mean no offence to you, but it sounds like you handed your car over and let him fix what he wanted.

 

atulb84--

You never said whether the $875 fixed the problem. If no, then you got ripped.

--SAM

 

Now these are prices:
http://www.hondacarshop.com/monthlyspecials.htm

check out the "TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT SPECIAL"

 

not bad prices at all! strictly honduhs?

 

yeah i think so look how much is being done at those prices. nissan parts are a bit more expensive, parts are a bit harder to replace, but damn..we get charged up the **** and out the pocket.

 

yea, it fixed the problem.

 

Axles: $80 each (mechanic price: $60) x 2 = $160
labor to replace axles.. 120 each x 2 = 240.
wheel bearings are $35 each from nissan.. mechanic's markup- $50 each x 2 = 100.
spring clip retainers = $4 each x 2 = 8.
Dust seals = $15 each x 4 = 60.
Labor on wheel bearings: $50 each x 2 = 100.

Crank seal doesn't cost much, $10 or so, but the labor to get TO the crank seal is a b!tch, as you have to tear the front half of the engine apart.
Mayube he said an axle seal?? anyway, $50 minimum to repalce that.

160+240+100+8+60+100 = $668. That doesn't include the seal replacement.
$850 wouldn't be bad, IF he had to replace a seal somewhere else on the car, like the crank seal.

 

Whatever it takes to keep your beauty running smooth. Unless it costs more than the value of the car.

 

im here at college but i'm goin home this weekend to finally get my car back after a week so i will check out the receipt and see his figures and then let you guys know...

 

axles for 200 bux +!!!!! Damnnnnnnnn.....i just replaced my driver side axle for only $42.00. When i did the passenger side it was like 60 bux. Of course these are the prices after core exchanges!!