steering rack

no-oneknowsme

Hi all.

Would anyone have any idea of how much we should expect to pay to have a new steering rack put into a car?

Its a Skoda Octavia , 2003 , 1.9 , diesel.

It was leaking fluid and taken to a mechanic this morning who says that it needs a new rack and i want to check his estimate.

Thanks

forgotmyname

£200 - £250 for a reconditioned rack. Plus labour & fluid..

no-oneknowsme

forgotmyname wrote: »

£200 - £250 for a reconditioned rack. Plus labour & fluid..

Yeah I know the cost of the rack (its actually £208) but what im trying to find out is how long (as in how many hours labour) it takes to fit it.

Hammyman

Depends on how easy everything comes undone. If its a real !!!!!! of a job and you also end up burning off the track rod ends, it could run to a couple of hours.

CvPiper

I did a Peugeot one the other day. About 4 hours, absolute pig to do!

mikey72

I don't know the car, or if the rack comes out easily, but up to two or three hours, including tracking it all back up.

forgotmyname

2 or 3 hours which can easily become 5 or 10.

Had my front springs done, OS took 35 minutes. NS took almost 4 hours. They had to heat the suspension
bolts and keep on cooling them to avoid snapping them. Luckily my sis lives around the corner so i could get
the new bolts otherwise they would have had to keep the car overnight waiting for parts to be delivered.