Question re torn axle boots

[JackG]

His math doesn't add up.

$400 for two new axles, installed.
$170 each for the axles x 2 = $340
That leaves $60 for labor. ???

$525 for four new boots on your axles.
Let's say $100 for boots
That leaves $425 for labor.

Pulling and re-installing the axles is 90% of the job, and you have to do that for both options.
Disassembling the axles, cleaning the CV joints, and re-assembling with new boots may take an additional 1 - 1.5 hours. (I've done it, I did the DIY writeup)
This guy must really hate cleaning CV joints, or is getting the new axles for free.

Having said all that, $525 for the boot job isn't really that bad. If you won't, or can't, do it yourself, that's what I'd do.

[Frodo]

Quote: "His math doesn't add up."

Posted by JackG.


Yeah, I thought of that.

I hate to sound cynical, but do you suppose he's planning on keeping the OEM axles, repacking them and then reselling them??

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by Frodo

Quote: "His math doesn't add up."

Posted by JackG.


Yeah, I thought of that.

I hate to sound cynical, but do you suppose he's planning on keeping the OEM axles, repacking them and then reselling them??

Yeah, I'm doing the same math and coming up with the same questions. Like I said, something seems a little fishy. I checked out Vertex Auto last night and the rebuilt axles were somewhere around $200 each. $400 just doesn't make sense as there is some labor involved in this job. I think the old rule that applies here is "if it seems too good to be true, it probably is".

Kirk

[tonycarreon]

the numbers you've quoted are about what i've encountered. $1100 @ the stealership, $575 at an independent porsche shop, $380 at a non-porsche shop. except for the stealership the other two quotes were if i supplied the parts, since i already purchased them. $15 per boot kit.

$400 to replace the axles is just not right.