suspension bushings

[jordancespedes4]

does any one have an idea of how much a shop charges to replace suspension bushings on a 1996 awd. i searched the forums and didn 't find any info

 

[agentorange313]

probably a shit load in labor. average labor is like 100 an hour.

I have a 1g and did all the bushing, rear and front, they took me a total of I think 8 hours for everything, maybe more. Thats getting all the old bushing off/out, all the required cleaning/grinding/heating, getting the new ones on then get the parts back on (control arms, subrframe, diff (AWD) etc.

I didnt have a lift when I did the front, but I did for the back. It was so much easier, I had to drop my diff.

My point is, it is time consuming and labor intensive.

goodluck

 

[jordancespedes4]

ohh ok thats alot of money . im going to take the car to the shop so they can look at it, maybe i dont have to replace all of them .

 

[knochgoon24]

It's going to cost you a lot to have a shop do them. I think it took me about 10 hours.

 

[SuperFudge]

My rear upper knuckle bushings on both sides are trashed and just for the heck of it I took it in about 3 hours ago just so I can get a ball park estimate and they quoted me with $780.
So for that price I will wait it out a little longer and just tackle it myself in the summer.

 

[jordancespedes4]

My rear upper knuckle bushings on both sides are trashed and just for the heck of it I took it in about 3 hours ago just so I can get a ball park estimate and they quoted me with $780.
So for that price I will wait it out a little longer and just tackle it myself in the summer.

ohh dam $780 , i think i have the some problem as you on one side im also taking my car to get an estimate . i dont think this shop im taking my car is going to charge me by the hour though.

It's going to cost you a lot to have a shop do them. I think it took me about 10 hours.

i hope they dont charge me too much . i dont have other options

 

[knochgoon24]

This may be one of the hardest projects to do on a DSM. It's very labor intensive.

That $780 is a bit much. Was that parts and labor? They probably want to remove the whole knuckle so they can use a press. There's an easier way, but I can't see them wanting to use a torch and sawzall on your bushing while the knuckle is still on the car. I did it that way and it took me about 15min a side to do that upper bushing.

 

[jordancespedes4]

This may be one of the hardest projects to do on a DSM. It's very labor intensive.

That $780 is a bit much. Was that parts and labor? They probably want to remove the whole knuckle so they can use a press. There's an easier way, but I can't see them wanting to use a torch and sawzall on your bushing while the knuckle is still on the car. I did it that way and it took me about 15min a side to do that upper bushing.

thanks for the info is very helpful.

 

[SuperFudge]

That $780 is a bit much. Was that parts and labor? .

I agree with you 100% there is no way in hell I’m going to pay that kind of money WTF. Anyway it was with parts and also labor; I was messing around with the bushings today and they have a lot of play in them so they unfortunately are going to need to be replaced. I’m sure they can hold on a little longer so when my friend gets home from college in like 3 months we will tackle it then.

thanks for the info is very helpful.

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