Posted: 11/18/2016 12:16:19 PM EDT
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I have an 06 Tundra Limited 4WD. It needs new inner and outer CV boots. What is a fair price for a shop to charge for this plus and alignment
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Can just the boost be replaced? Usually you need a whole shaft Go to Rock Auto and check the cost for new front axle shafts. Figure 2 hours of labor. This! is what I'd do. You said above you needed booths for a while. Lots of time for dirt,sand ect. to get in there. |
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I only need boots and not new axles Quoted:
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Go to Rock Auto and check the cost for new front axle shafts. Figure 2 hours of labor. I only need boots and not new axles I quoted you for doing one side with a reman axle. I can buy an axle from Napa for $50.00. By the time you have the cost of the boots and the labor tearing down the axle to replace them you are better off getting a reman axle 
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I quoted you for doing one side with a reman axle. I can buy an axle from Napa for $50.00. By the time you have the cost of the boots and the labor tearing down the axle to replace them you are better off getting a reman axle
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Go to Rock Auto and check the cost for new front axle shafts. Figure 2 hours of labor. I only need boots and not new axles I quoted you for doing one side with a reman axle. I can buy an axle from Napa for $50.00. By the time you have the cost of the boots and the labor tearing down the axle to replace them you are better off getting a reman axle
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| CV joints/boots are always cheaper easier to do as a unit. If you need boots, you're going to get axles. $400.00 for axles and an alignment sounds cheap to me. Op can always do it at home in his heated garage or driveway. It's a good couple of hours in the dirt but worth it for the education. |
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Damn the cheapest quote I can get is $400 Quoted:
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I happen to be a pro wrench, that should be no more than one hour labor and cost of the axle our shops going rate on that job would be about 150.00-175.00 parts and labor plus cost of alignment of 70.00 Damn the cheapest quote I can get is $400 If that's for both sides and the alignment that's a fair price. |
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I work at a Toyota dealer. if your axle arn't clicking when you turn, I'd just do boots. we do them all the time.
at my work you'd be 460 for the labor 79.95 alignment 106.52 for 2 boot kits 38.84 for the axle seals if you wanted oem parts, i can hook you up with a steal on them. |
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CV joints/boots are always cheaper easier to do as a unit. If you need boots, you're going to get axles. $400.00 for axles and an alignment sounds cheap to me. Op can always do it at home in his heated garage or driveway. It's a good couple of hours in the dirt but worth it for the education. I would do it myself and get it aligned, but wife and angry and pregnant and I don't have the time |
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I work at a Toyota dealer. if your axle arn't clicking when you turn, I'd just do boots. we do them all the time. at my work you'd be 460 for the labor 79.95 alignment 106.52 for 2 boot kits 38.84 for the axle seals if you wanted oem parts, i can hook you up with a steal on them. how much are we talking? |
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Then definitely do the whole shaft. Quoted:
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OP what happen? Was your truck pulling and went in for an alignment and the shop noticed the booths? It has needed boots for a while. Then definitely do the whole shaft. Are they specific to the R or L side? |
| One side would be $370.00, both sides $520.00 at my shop. That could vary quite a bit depending on location, I have a high end shop in the more affluant part of town. You could find someone in the hood to do it cheaper, but that should give you a reference point. |
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Are they specific to the R or L side? Quoted:
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OP what happen? Was your truck pulling and went in for an alignment and the shop noticed the booths? It has needed boots for a while. Then definitely do the whole shaft. Are they specific to the R or L side? According to my Napa online catalog both are the same shaft. I can also get new shafts for $80.00 from Napa |
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Quoted: Are they specific to the R or L side? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: OP what happen? Was your truck pulling and went in for an alignment and the shop noticed the booths? It has needed boots for a while. Then definitely do the whole shaft. Are they specific to the R or L side? |
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Looks like it according to the fitment chart. Decent price for a new one as well,shipping may kill that deal though. |
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OP, if the boots are tore you replace the shafts because it's cheaper, but also because the joints are now full of dirt which will eat them up much sooner...Napa's replacement shafts have held up great over the years so wouldn't be too worried about them... That is what I am going to do |
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Ah, but you can let a buddy in after hours and show him how to fix it....   Quoted:
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Don't ask me, my shop labor rate is $171.00 per hour.  Ah, but you can let a buddy in after hours and show him how to fix it.... The one and only highlight of the job!
Well that and the prices on parts. |
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Also, thanks for all of the info. Surprisingly, for GD, some pretty straight forward answers and good advice with no stupid, ridiculous and off comment posts. Thanks again. I will get new shafts from NAPA Well, shit, we are mechanics, we can go back and do stupid answers too..l 
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Well, shit, we are mechanics, we can go back and do stupid answers too..l Quoted:
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Also, thanks for all of the info. Surprisingly, for GD, some pretty straight forward answers and good advice with no stupid, ridiculous and off comment posts. Thanks again. I will get new shafts from NAPA Well, shit, we are mechanics, we can go back and do stupid answers too..l I do almost all my own work. I replaced the shocks, brakes, struts and various other things myself. Right now, time is my biggest enemy. If I were single I would have already done it myself or at least tried. With the kids and angry pregnant wife there are only so many hours a day on the weekend |
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Quoted: OP you might not need an alignment post Axle swap (sounds like you are headed that route.) If the Tundra is like my Taco you can remove the axle without upsetting the suspension geometry. |
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I do almost all my own work. I replaced the shocks, brakes, struts and various other things myself. Right now, time is my biggest enemy. If I were single I would have already done it myself or at least tried. With the kids and angry pregnant wife there are only so many hours a day on the weekend Quoted:
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Also, thanks for all of the info. Surprisingly, for GD, some pretty straight forward answers and good advice with no stupid, ridiculous and off comment posts. Thanks again. I will get new shafts from NAPA Well, shit, we are mechanics, we can go back and do stupid answers too..l I do almost all my own work. I replaced the shocks, brakes, struts and various other things myself. Right now, time is my biggest enemy. If I were single I would have already done it myself or at least tried. With the kids and angry pregnant wife there are only so many hours a day on the weekend You might want to crawl under and take a look at the shafts to see how they come out. I don't know how your vehicle goes together, but some are stupid easy and won't require alignment if you're careful how you go about it. I agree with the others on replacing the whole assembly. Labor for taking apart, cleaning, lubing, and reassembling the shafts with new boots will be more expensive than a whole assembly. Plus you would still have worn parts. |
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I quoted you for doing one side with a reman axle. I can buy an axle from Napa for $50.00. By the time you have the cost of the boots and the labor tearing down the axle to replace them you are better off getting a reman axle
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Go to Rock Auto and check the cost for new front axle shafts. Figure 2 hours of labor. I only need boots and not new axles I quoted you for doing one side with a reman axle. I can buy an axle from Napa for $50.00. By the time you have the cost of the boots and the labor tearing down the axle to replace them you are better off getting a reman axle
Truth ! OP .... Do it right the first time ! |
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I only need boots and not new axles Quoted:
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Go to Rock Auto and check the cost for new front axle shafts. Figure 2 hours of labor. I only need boots and not new axles If they have been exposed for a length of time, youll need new cv joints. ETA. Rockauto will probably be a hell of alot cheaper than NAPA. |
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I replaced the entire CV axles on both sides. I paid $130 for the axles and the shop charged me a total of $250 to put them in That's reasonable considering you provided the parts. Many shops won't install customer provided parts and those that do charge a higher labor rate to offset the loss of the parts markup profit. |
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That's reasonable considering you provided the parts. Many shops won't install customer provided parts and those that do charge a higher labor rate to offset the loss of the parts markup profit. Quoted:
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I replaced the entire CV axles on both sides. I paid $130 for the axles and the shop charged me a total of $250 to put them in That's reasonable considering you provided the parts. Many shops won't install customer provided parts and those that do charge a higher labor rate to offset the loss of the parts markup profit. They are good guys. It is a 4X4 focused shop and very pro veteran. They do good work. I also got a decent discount on the axles. They said that it didn't need an alignment and replaced the transfer case fluid for me |
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They are good guys. It is a 4X4 focused shop and very pro veteran. They do good work. I also got a decent discount on the axles. They said that it didn't need an alignment and replaced the transfer case fluid for me Quoted:
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I replaced the entire CV axles on both sides. I paid $130 for the axles and the shop charged me a total of $250 to put them in That's reasonable considering you provided the parts. Many shops won't install customer provided parts and those that do charge a higher labor rate to offset the loss of the parts markup profit. They are good guys. It is a 4X4 focused shop and very pro veteran. They do good work. I also got a decent discount on the axles. They said that it didn't need an alignment and replaced the transfer case fluid for me Good deal for sure in that case. |