Posted on 05/20/2010 11:18:45 AM PDT by library user
Hi, I have a question regarding ball joint replacement on a 1999 Bravada.
When I was driving home from work today, the upper ball joint on the front right side gave out and the tire caved inward.
The car is at the mechanic now and he said he would replace the two worn (upper) ball joints on the front wheels for $500.
But isn't it true that you should have BOTH the upper and lower repaired for each wheel that has an issue? In my case, the two front tires. So really it's a total of four ball joints for the two front tires.
For that he wants $900.
Isn't $900 too much considering we're only talking about the front of the car?
Can some auto-savy FReeper please clue me in on what they'd do and if these prices seem like a rip off to you?
Thanks a lot. And yes, I'm logged on. :P
LOL!
Holy...
I did a brake job on my little truck (F-150 4x4)...
Rotors $30/ea
Calipers $6/ea
Pads $32
Total $104 + tax
Hardest part was jacking the truck up.
took an hour in the driveway.
And the Disgronifier
Next time, I'm sure there are some questionable characters who will do that for free
LOL - I walked in to that one...
Sadly some people would ask ....Is that all I need?....
In a lot of cases, If you show no smarts at the repair shop...the bill goes way up....
“And the Disgronifier”......
Upper or Lower?.....
They are left and right, silly.
Only keeping it for another two months or so.
So, yes, I'm doing the minimum (just replacing the uppers).
Also, the mechanic said the lowers looked fine and recommended only the uppers be replaced.
I wouldn't think he would say this, if it were not true, since he would make twice as much $$$ to do all four.
Maybe the lower one didn't get too damaged (or damaged at all?) when the upper one failed.
I wasn't going very fast when it happened, unless 30mph is considered fast.
Thanks very much for the replies.
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