drive shaft gaters?

[steveo127]

Hi, new to forums,surfs,diesels,4wd,& autos.....so please be kind.
just had my surf in for an mot, and it failed on drive shaft gaters?.
my mechanic has now had surf 4 days and still isnt finished, says it a hard job
and dont know when he will finish?? so i wanted to know if im being conned.
he says its his first surf (now he tells me).and he knows i know nothing about
motors. thanks

[rich]

Had a quick search on the forum and for a complete beginner the estimate was 5 hours a side.

So for a spanner monkey.................

[steveo127]

thanx rich,

just wondered.

been using this bloke for around 10 years now (even bought a van from him)
but just got the feeling my chain was being jerked!!!
charged me 300 quid for a service.
still i am the suspicious kind,(life did this to me)..

[rich]

£300 quid!

I got my a service and all the belts (Including cam) changed for that from a 4x4 specialist who I know isn't that cheap.

Don't know anybody your way, maybe worth asking on the forum in the General section.

Rich.

[rusty]

thanx rich,

just wondered.

been using this bloke for around 10 years now (even bought a van from him)
but just got the feeling my chain was being jerked!!!
charged me 300 quid for a service.
still i am the suspicious kind,(life did this to me)..

£300
He's taking the pi$$ out of you!!!
Find yourself a new spanner man quickly before he robs you blind
Check out what he is saying about the drive shaft gaiters. I know you can get universal CV boots but I'm not sure about DSG
good luck

[NiftyNev]

Hi, new to forums,surfs,diesels,4wd,& autos.....so please be kind.
just had my surf in for an mot, and it failed on drive shaft gaters?.
my mechanic has now had surf 4 days and still isnt finished, says it a hard job
and dont know when he will finish?? so i wanted to know if im being conned.
he says its his first surf (now he tells me).and he knows i know nothing about
motors. thanks

I have a feeling that he does not know what he is doing.I have just done the 4 CV boots on my 2.4.Took me a long time but that is because I have never done a Surf before and lying on your back under vehicle is not the easiest way to do it.Now that I know the ins and outs I could do one in about 4 hours a side.

A mechanic with a hoist should easily do the job in this amount of time.Have a word to him and ask what is taking so long.If and when he finishes the job I would have it inspected by another mechanic to check for dodgey work.After this is done I suggest you find a new mechanic.

Neville

[marky]

stevo did my cv boot took him 45 mins

[poppy986]

I've got a 91' 2.4td ssr x which I brought nearly 3 years ago.
It failed its MOT on the N/S gaitor split.It was done by
Parsons of Reading as part of the MOT and took about an hour.
With the MOT it came to approx £90.

[TonyN]

Gaiters are easy, simular for any car, but you can get surf ones out without jacking it up or taking the wheel off! Hope he's not trying to get the outer CV joint off!!!!

[marky]

stevo did it from inner cv joint

[TonyN]

stevo did it from inner cv joint

Thats because the outer one dosn't come off!

[marky]

thats a good tip cheers tony. but what about the gaters that you dont have to take bits off for, where from?

[TonyN]

most good car shops sell them, but gaiters are cheap, and easy to fit so I've never bothered.

Others say they work.

[steveo127]

new MAN

wow !! thanks guys,
looks like i'll be looking for a new MAN to fix my baby.

been told today that its ready! don't know how much its gonna cost

i give this man a lot work, silly ain't he!!!

[steveo127]

it's home..

got my surf back 2day

£275

still i thought it was gonna be more.