cv joint

loishasdied

i've been told it will cost 350 plus vat plus labour for a cv joint for my kia mentor - it seems parts for kias are expensive! does any way of getting it cheaper or alternatively? this seems much dealer than what you would normally pay - anyone any suggestions for me - has anyone need replacing cv joint before?

thanks a million, just hoping not to pay out 500 quid or so on it!

Buford T Justice

350 + VAT for a CV Joint????

I rekon you've been seen coming.

Esel

Ah here!

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=cv+joint+kia+mentor&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Nissan doctor

loishasdied wrote: »

i've been told it will cost 350 plus vat plus labour for a cv joint for my kia mentor - it seems parts for kias are expensive! does any way of getting it cheaper or alternatively? this seems much dealer than what you would normally pay - anyone any suggestions for me - has anyone need replacing cv joint before?

thanks a million, just hoping not to pay out 500 quid or so on it!

Its that from a Kia dealer? If so I'm not surprised but if thats from an independant garage they are away with the fairies!

sentient_6

If i may slightly hijack the thread. My cv joint(s possibly) are definitely on the way out. I hear clicking when i steer, say maneuvering around the driveway, & when i rocked the front drivers side wheel forward & back when jacked up(must check the other side actually).

I'm i good to drive for a week or two until i can get it fixed?

Nissan doctor

sentient_6 wrote: »

If i may slightly hijack the thread. My cv joint(s possibly) are definitely on the way out. I hear clicking when i steer, say maneuvering around the driveway, & when i rocked the front drivers side wheel forward & back when jacked up(must check the other side actually).

I'm i good to drive for a week or two until i can get it fixed?

It depends on how badly worn they are TBH. Could last without failing for another 6 months or could fail in the morning.

Just bear in mind that a cv joint failure at any sort of speed will result in the car veering uncontrollably accross the road before you decide how long you want to chance leaving them.

sentient_6

Nissan doctor wrote: »

It depends on how badly worn they are TBH. Could last without failing for another 6 months or could fail in the morning.

Just bear in mind that a cv joint failure at any sort of speed will result in the car veering uncontrollably accross the road before you decide how long you want to chance leaving them.

It's risk ill have to take till the weekend anyway, will get it looked at definitely then.

roberto_98

350 + vat and labour. bull****!:D go on to ebay and buy the cv joint yourself. You'll get a way better deal. I've just done the 2 outer joints on my escort. Got quoted 140 to source the 2 of them. Got genuine ford replacements off the net for 40 quid.

How much should labour be to fit one cv joint on a corolla?

dhog4n

I was quoted 450 + vat plus labour for a cv joint on my 18 year old toyota hilux surf last year. I finally got the part for 80 + vat and did it myself.

Try ringing a main dealer in the north. I was quoted half the price by Toyota in Belfast against the price from Toyota in Dublin.

Mar4ix

Deleted User wrote: »

How much should labour be to fit one cv joint on a corolla?

depend where you going, dealer might will charge 150 and up, local garage might around 80, nixer around 50.

Take_Her_Handy

Feckin go to a scrap yard and get shafts boot and all for about €20, anyone who knows what a spanner looks like should be able to fit it for ya then, It's handy to do!
I had a carolla 96 with 17'' wheels, Cv joint went on them the whole time! so I chanced a scrap yard, got it on the shaft and all, open the boot and grease the s#!t out of it, took about an hour to do myself and sold the car with them on it, never went!
The only thing is you do risk getting a part that maybe on the way out. Thats just my 2 cents

Mar4ix

Take_Her_Handy wrote: »

Feckin go to a scrap yard and get shafts boot and all for about €20, anyone who knows what a spanner looks like should be able to fit it for ya then, It's handy to do!
I had a carolla 96 with 17'' wheels, Cv joint went on them the whole time! so I chanced a scrap yard, got it on the shaft and all, open the boot and grease the s#!t out of it, took about an hour to do myself and sold the car with them on it, never went!
The only thing is you do risk getting a part that maybe on the way out. Thats just my 2 cents

Anyway you need undo balljoint or tierod (or both -dont know how on kia), which is a bit tricky, central nut as well not the easiest way get open, why you pull out whole shaft !!! then you have to drain oil from gearbox.
I know how to do, cos i was working for a year in small garage, but if op unaware, better let it do somebody who knows... and have also descent tools.

Nissan doctor

Take_Her_Handy wrote: »

Feckin go to a scrap yard and get shafts boot and all for about €20, anyone who knows what a spanner looks like should be able to fit it for ya then, It's handy to do!
I had a carolla 96 with 17'' wheels, Cv joint went on them the whole time! so I chanced a scrap yard, got it on the shaft and all, open the boot and grease the s#!t out of it, took about an hour to do myself and sold the car with them on it, never went!
The only thing is you do risk getting a part that maybe on the way out. Thats just my 2 cents

So the joints that you were fitting kept failing, but when you got a whole shaft the joint didn't fail.?

Did you consider that maybe there is more to it then just knowing what a spanner looks like?:rolleyes:

Take_Her_Handy

Just tout i'd tell ya my experience! And no i didn't fit the joints myself! done in the Toyota Garage I worked in at that time. Was prob just reacting to the pricetag put on the job more than anything else! Not a mechanic, just felt like sharing And of course I know that there's more than knowing what a spanner looks like! Just sayin that there is many talented people out there thats not workin in a main garage! Don't take everything so literally guys, u'l live longer!