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    Established Member Two Rings kobefans's Avatar
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    Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

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    So long story short, my car has a inspection notice from police, so I have a shop to inspected. He called me the next day telling me that my left front CV shaft ( spelling? ) needs to be replaced and quoted me 400+ dollars for the parts alone. Otherwise i cannot pass the inspection.

    So I called around found that some shop told me that I dont need to replace the whole cv shaft, i just need to replace the joint. And some other shaft that tell me that i can just replace a new one or a re-built one for 200 dollars or less.

    So, what should a CV shaft or CV axle cost ? and what should i really need to relace

    thanks a lot in advance for any help !

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    Registered Member Two Rings SilverB5A4's Avatar
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    Drive shafts cost i think 130 from germanautoparts.com for your car i believe. Check it out.
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    Senior Member Three Rings
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    $200 for the joint is about correct plus probably 2 hours labor, should be around $350-$400 total. Just the joint kit can be bought here for $150. http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/...ory=Driveshaft

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    Established Member Two Rings kobefans's Avatar
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    Quote Originally Posted by SilverB5A4 View Post
    Drive shafts cost i think 130 from germanautoparts.com for your car i believe. Check it out.
    so the joint is included in the CV shaft? which means it is actually cheaper to replace the CV shaft, which is the whole thing , than replace the joint , correct?
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    Veteran Member Four Rings onemoremile's Avatar
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    200 for the joint is ridiculous. For 200 raxles.com will send you a fully remanufactured axle with two brand new CV joints. It is just as easy to swap the whole axle as it is to do a joint. The only tricky part is popping it out of the hub and even that isn't all that bad. Hell, if I can do it anyone can.
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    Established Member Two Rings kobefans's Avatar
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    the thing is the shop won't let me pass the inspection ( they are certified inspection facility) unless i replace the whole CV shaft....

    SO which way costs less money? Replace the CV joint or the CV shaft?
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    Veteran Member Four Rings
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    i would buy an axle from raxles and have them install it. I'm always skeptical on whether or not a shop replaces the axle. It would be so easy for them to just clean it and put a new boots on them to pass them off as a new one.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings tdn's Avatar
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    If other shops quoted you less, why not bring it to them and have them inspect it afterwards.. of if they can't inspect it, have them do the work, then bring the car back for inspection. When someone tries to rip me off, I do whatever I can to make sure they get very little or none of my money. I wouldn't even buy the part and let them do the labor. I say buy the part and have another shop do the labor or even better.. do it yourself.

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    Veteran Member Three Rings
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    Quote Originally Posted by kobefans View Post
    the thing is the shop won't let me pass the inspection ( they are certified inspection facility) unless i replace the whole CV shaft....

    SO which way costs less money? Replace the CV joint or the CV shaft?
    Thats straight garbage... Go to another shop and change the joint and bring it to another place to inspect it.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings Militant-Grunt's Avatar
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    Re: Is the shop trying to rip me off? Help please

    I paid 65 dollars per used oem axle off ebay. Also rebuilding them is cheap, def sounds to me like they're trying to rip you off.
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