Trying to decide whether to buy a bush and the correct fitting tool, buy a bush and bodge it in with various socket attachments or take it to the lbs to sort for me, how much are they likely to charge in your experience?
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How much will a new rear shock bush cost to have replaced?
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What is the shock?
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leisure lake charged my mate £15 with fitting and the bush and new bolt last week
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It's a fox RP3 (or perhaps 23..) on my Giant Reign
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£15 sounds reasonable, certainly cheaper than buying the £30 and doing it myself!
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where are you based - i have the tools you can borrow if near sheffield
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Give LL a call, £15 sounds like a bargain when you look at mojo wanting £70 for a service
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Racing_ralph, that would be awesome, I'm based in Sheffield too! I'll get a bush ordered up and give you a shout if that's ok?
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thats fine mate - let me know where/when. i will drop em off at a mates house on psalter lane
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£15 reasonable??????????
Go to a bearing supplier, the bushing cost £1.50 each, then with a couple of sockets and a vice (or g-clamp) push them out, how can you justify spending £15 on it?
(did this the other day, as my m8 had misplaced my bushing tool)I'm not complaining about the actual amount charged, as a shop should have removed the shock, fitted the bushing and re-fitted the shock for that, but why pay it at all?
The actual parts cost peanuts & it's dead easy to do yourself.Posted 2 years ago # -
£15 sounds reasonable, certainly cheaper than buying the £30 and doing it myself!
But most shocks get through 2-3 bushes a year with average use.....
And then you have to factor in the time/expense of getting to the shop and back for what is a 5 minute job.Buy the tool. It'll pay for itself.
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Agree with Z1ppy £15 for a £2 bushing and 2 minutes work!?
Do it yourself.
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hmm. 15 quid for probably 10 mins work ( when you actually add it up - it would take me a fair bit longer than that, but i don't do it all day, every day ) plus parts doesn't sound expensive to me at all.
try getting your car serviced at those labour rates!
having said that i try and do as much as i can myself, even if it costs me a bit more the first time, because i just don't like to be reliant on others.Posted 2 years ago # -
Del I agree, but when it's such a easy job (it really is), why pay at all?
I bought a tool ages ago, as I have two bikes with fox shocks and several m8's with them too, so it's always coming in useful.
But as mentioned, my friend(?!) managed to misplace the tool, so I did using the socket method without too much hassle (you could do with 3 hands though)... am glad he located the tool again though.Posted 2 years ago #
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