Just had my Jeep checked out. Apparently it will cost around $54o to replace my front ball joints, U-joints, and track bar.

Does this seem a little steep to you?

 

Thats about right, we would charge about five for that job

 

Does that include an alinment too? Sounds about right ball joints are the spendy part of the bill. whats the hourly rate?

 

Hourly rate depends on the job, whose working on it and what vehicle it is.

Charge more per hour to replace a bmw water pump than we would a cherokee, its more of a hassle.

They probably wont disclose that at first, which is what estimates are for

 

The ball joints rate is 1.9 hrs
track bar 1.3 hrs
u-joints assuming front half shaft another 1.3 both sides
So we have 4.3 hrs and then parts
My shop at 80 a hour thats around 350 in labor and then the parts on top of that.
And xj ball joints go around 200 bucks alone.
I think your getting a deal.

 

Seems like a good price, here in vegas you would end up paying too much to fix it, if that's all they are charging then I'd say get-r-done.

 

$78 No matter what make or model I am working on. Sounds like a good deal to me.