Anytime you are faced with parting with cash of that magnitude, you should educate yourself. Get ahold of a parts manual ( the shop manual doesn't show the relationship of all the parts as well) and see where the swivel ball seals are. They're behind the swivel balls, necessitating the ball removal (a Ballectomy) from the axle casing.
I'd want to be sure that the balls were not pitted or scored.
8 hrs. to do both sides is actually a pretty good figure, if they intend to break the housing apart, from the ball. Doing this requires resetting the preload, and usually some trial and error shim selection, but it is the proper way to do the job.
At the average $100/hr, are they saying you need $1400 in parts? I never bought a new swivel ball from the Land Rover dealer, but they are not THAT expensive.
Get down on you back, and with the wheels crank full lock, slide your fingernail accross the ball surface, looking for scoring or deep gouges, then crank the wneel the other way and do it again, both sides? No damage, then ask the dealer why so much, but that you like the 8 hrs quote.
It is actually possible to replace the ball seal without seperating the ball and housing, but it's awkward and requires two people when you're putting it back together. the housing, ball, CV, and axle add up to some serious weight worse yet if you are dealing with rotor. Anyway you decide to go, do not reuse the bolts holding the ball to axle casing, always replace with new.
Replace your swivel lube with the reccomended grease, premeasured in toothpaste tubes.
I'd want to be sure that the balls were not pitted or scored.
8 hrs. to do both sides is actually a pretty good figure, if they intend to break the housing apart, from the ball. Doing this requires resetting the preload, and usually some trial and error shim selection, but it is the proper way to do the job.
At the average $100/hr, are they saying you need $1400 in parts? I never bought a new swivel ball from the Land Rover dealer, but they are not THAT expensive.
Get down on you back, and with the wheels crank full lock, slide your fingernail accross the ball surface, looking for scoring or deep gouges, then crank the wneel the other way and do it again, both sides? No damage, then ask the dealer why so much, but that you like the 8 hrs quote.
It is actually possible to replace the ball seal without seperating the ball and housing, but it's awkward and requires two people when you're putting it back together. the housing, ball, CV, and axle add up to some serious weight worse yet if you are dealing with rotor. Anyway you decide to go, do not reuse the bolts holding the ball to axle casing, always replace with new.
Replace your swivel lube with the reccomended grease, premeasured in toothpaste tubes.
