hey there-

 

can anybody out there give me a labor figure on how much a RX rear stub axle bearing should cost to have pressed in?

 

rear control arm is out of car,

RX bearring gonna cost $110.... :eek:

 

dealer quoted me 2hrs labor at $140................eh?!

 

thx

shanonsf

 

PS: anybody got a good RX rear bearring they wanna part with??

$140 is way too much to pay to have the bearings pressed if the whole thing is out of the car, if it is anything like the ea81 cars. I did my rear bearings myself for less than $30 per side by going down to napa with the part number off the back of the race. If I was going to have someone else press them together I would go down to a machine shop because they could probably do it in less than 20min and for way less than $140.

 

The dealer saying $140 is letting you know that they have never serviced the bearings on an older soob and they dont have a clue what they are doing.

hhhmmm,

 

I went to a Kragen/Napa and they quoted me a similar $$ for the bearring......'bout 3x the price for an ol' EA81........

 

are they that different?

or COULD I take the control arm/bearring assembly to a shop and have them match & install it..??

 

thx

shanonsf

Shannon dont do it!

 

standard labor time for a rear wheelbearing job(complete) is 1.4hrs according to alldata. now if you had it all out and ready to go? 2 hrs? no way dude. and 110$ for the bearing?

 

I can hook you up for less I am sure. I can get an actual quote if you have not purchased it already.

 

as for pressing. I only charge 40$ per hour:brow: 100 cheaper than the dealer.

 

let me know if you want the hook up. espically if you pull it and bring it down to me. might just save you a couple of bills

!!!

 

HEy Russ- let's make a deal!!

 

let's figure something out soon!!

I'd really like to see your RX too!

 

I'll call you over the weekend...........

 

-shanonsf

yup thats me:D

 

yeah give me a call or an e mail I can get you goin. also stormtrooper (donald) is familiar with that job. he does it JY style swaparoo.

 

Cheers,

 

rallyruss@yahoo.com

 

did you run that Jaos rally yet?

Russ

 

you've got mail.............

 

shanonsf

cool

 

but what's a pin socket tool.......?

 

shanonsf

Beware: Knocking those bearings out with a drift is not that easy. I would just take the hubs to a machine shop and have them pressed out. I did 10 bucks a side. All 4 bearings Inner and Outer.