Vauxhall Drive shafts / CV Joints

nomoneytoday

You aren't comparing apples with apples though.
Masterfit are using original Vauxhall parts entirely, the local garage is using their own sourced parts plus less labour etc.

The local garage job is probably just as good, but wouldn't be the same price if they were changing entire driveshafts with original parts.

deanos

VX labour is nearly £100 an hour , a local garage will be around £30-£40

Just_Incredible

tc80tc80 wrote: »

Well done. Did you draw any blood? A friend of mine who was a contractor used to say that you were not doing it right if your not bleeding by the end of the job.

Yea, just a few cuts and grazes and a few mild swearing

Careful_with_that_Axe

Just_Incredible wrote: »

Yea, just a few cuts and grazes and a few mild swearing

I've always found the swearing helps immensly

p.s. tc80tc80, I fancy checking the way you said now, just coz I can :rotfl: :T

Cozy

I've just fitted a new cv joints kit to my Corsa - I ordered the part online from Partselecta (£13+P&P) and they came the very next day.

They also appear to be selling on Ebay too (another good place for cheap car parts).

They were aftermarket replacements but fitted nicely and the knocking noise I had has disappeared!

I'm not exactly a fully qualified mechanic but with the help of a Haynes manual I managed to do the work myself and even save on paying a mechanic! :T

Frank_Force

So dealerships are a lot more expensive than independents, and independents are a lot more expensive than doing the work yourself?

What a bombshell...