Member Since: 12 Mar 2014
Location: bucks
Posts: 472
cost of labour for lower arms?
I've a set of lower arms to change but frankly I don't think I can do it. My back is too bad and a recent oil change on my van left me laid up for a week more or less. My MOT expires in a couple of days so I need to find somebody to change the arms for me... being as work is also a bit , this needs to be.."good value"..
Does anybody have any recommendations near Milton Keynes that would do a labour only job? obviously I have the RRS arms with bushes here.
Also, any idea as to the likely cost?
Thanks guys.
21st Sep 2020 9:45 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10524
I wouldn’t do it yourself.
Getting the rear bolts undone can be a pain. Well sometimes a jack on a spanner can help on passenger side
21st Sep 2020 10:37 pm
pjm-84
Member Since: 04 Oct 2016
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 2516
I recently paid Mark West about £780 for RRS arms, labour , tracking etc.
I also had a read upper changed so all in cost was £1050. Labour was circa £350 +VAT for the 3 arms which I thought was very reasonable.
21st Sep 2020 10:38 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
our dealer is £120 plus vat per hour.......RB
21st Sep 2020 11:58 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2462
I did mine and it was a complete pain and i have a fully equiped workshop.
The rear bolts were siezed solid into the bushes and did not want to budge. When you remove the nut and washer you can see the bush through the oval adjustment hole so i drilled allong the bush and the split it with a chisel.
I would recommend that anybody doing the job gets all new bolts and dont buy cheap crap like i did as the adjustment washers failed when having the alignment done.
22nd Sep 2020 6:33 am
chugga90
Member Since: 13 Aug 2014
Location: Buckinghamshire
Posts: 438
Re: cost of labour for lower arms?
MrBrain wrote:
I've a set of lower arms to change but frankly I don't think I can do it. My back is too bad and a recent oil change on my van left me laid up for a week more or less. My MOT expires in a couple of days so I need to find somebody to change the arms for me... being as work is also a bit , this needs to be.."good value"..
Does anybody have any recommendations near Milton Keynes that would do a labour only job? obviously I have the RRS arms with bushes here.
Also, any idea as to the likely cost?
Thanks guys.
When my D4 was in need of them and I had the parts and no time to get them fitted myself. I used Adams and Page, on Cressex industrial estate High Wycombe.
I think they were £250 to 300.00 including hunter alignment which they have all the equipment for onsite? But can’t actually recall actual cost at moment.Discovery commercial tdv6 auto 2013
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