![]() Talk to someone in any trade that deals with people directly (in a residential or personal property setting), I am sure they can tell you horror stories about "stupid parts" the customer supplied.Īgain, its not as rampant as you might think. ![]() As evidenced by the serpantine belt thread a couple spots below this one, NAPA themselves offers two different ones and one is actually a different length (I believe that's what was concluded in the thread). Many trades are like this, and I think it is getting even worse now with the internet because everyone thinks they can pick out the appropriate parts, and everyone thinks that it will always bolt right up. This is a giant pain in the butt for the mechanic, and why some will refuse to deal with it because most customers will not pay for their time if there is a problem. One valid reason that mechanics do not like customers supplying parts the mechanic did not pick out themselves is that, when there are problems with the part (faulty, incorrect part, old part, etc.), the customer most often expects the mechanic to deal with it themselves free of charge. He would say that it was a liability issue but I'm sure he makes at least a 100% profit on parts since he charges twice what the parts cost a NAPA (which is where he gets the parts). I don't think he would of been too happy if I had shown up with the parts and ask him to install them. I would have replaced them myself if I could have gotten the old ones off. But you may pay more if you have rusted bolts, etc that are difficult to get off.Įlmo14226 wrote:For reference, IIRC I paid my local shop about $70 a piece to replace similar sway bar links on a Honda. If you can find a shop that charges an hourly rate (not book rate) you may save some money because both those rates would take into account raising the vehicle and such. If you want things done at a lower cost there are always suspension - specific shops (at least where I live) that have a much lower hourly rate.įor reference, to replace one control arm is 1.7 hours and the sway bar links are 0.9 hours (both sides). Especially if your ball joint is actually bad this early, it probably means the alignment will also be out.Īs with anything, if something seems off I would get a second opinion. You would be advised to get an alignment after all this. They are $100 USD on (control arm and ball joint). I could be wrong, but I couldn't find a ball joint part for sale and the repair manual has no procedure for replacing it. Not because the control arm is bad, but because Nissan decided not to make the ball joint replacable. I believe the Rogue has a ball joint that is replaced with the control arm, so that would be why they are recommending you replace both. Jostudly wrote:I will be getting my safety for sure at another garage just would like to know if anyone has replaced these parts and how much labor time and if I will need a wheel alignment afterwards?
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