300 seriesTdi Shocks

Be sure it needs doing and it's not the WD40 squirt up the shocker, oldest trick in the book that one.

Lee D

Never replace just one damper, you should do both front ones. I did mine on the

110 & it took me a couple fo hours, but i did the springs as well so i didn't have to arse about with the turret. Springs are very cheap, you may as well chuck two new front ones on to save the hassle with the turret bolts!

Nige

-- Subaru WRX Range Rover LSE (Bob)

'"gimme the f*ckin' money"

On or around Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:01:08 -0000, "Nige" enlightened us thusly:

110 & it took me a couple

turret. Springs are very

turret bolts!

spring and dampers are piss cheap for pattern ones, from Paddock and no doubt from our own Beamends Richard. Paddock's price for original-spec armstrong rear ones is about 8 quid plus vat, ordered some yesterday (sorry Richard - had to get water pump from Paddocks so I could send the old one back, and wanted to top up the order to "free delivery" level. You get the order for series bits in a month or so when I can afford 'em :-))

I can also recommend the open-sided turrets as sold by David "Llama", once fitted, you never need to remove the sods again, cos you can get the damper out of the side of 'em.

If you're doing springs as well, don't bother undoing the turret unless it's shagged - spring and damper will come out the bottom.

Thanks for all the advice given,any guesses on how much I will be expected to pay (£gb).and how long in time the job could take?

On or around Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:57:17 GMT, "D@H" enlightened us thusly:

replace front dampers *should* be about an hour... but that's if it all works according to plan. If the turret bolts shear it's an additional half hour or so per side to replace 'em, I should think - and if the damper top nuts decline to come loose...

Repair Operation Times version 3 says

front dampers both sides, renew 1.00 front dampers both sides EFI, renew 1.30 front damper one side, renew 0.55 front damper one side EFI, renew 0.85

those are times in decimal hours, BTW, so the "one side" isn't 55 minutes, it's 33. And no, I don't know why EFI ones take half an hour longer.

as to cost... well, depends who's doing it and where they get the parts.

Re:Shocks & Failed MoT. Yesterday morning,I was meant to take my Disco back to the garage that failed it's MoT,these were the same people that said that I needed a new shock absorber,because of an oil leak and my rear brake caliper was leaking brake fluid also. I was quite concerned about the way I felt that I was being treated,when trying to get an estimate on parts,time and labour cost,all that I managed to acheive was the labour cost,that came in a £28 per hour. prior to takiong my Disco there,I went to my Local Halfords store,that has a Franchise piggy backed onto it run by the AA,I asked the technician there if he would take a look at the aforementioned problems and he kindly placed my vehicle upon his hoist and meticulously scrutinised both sets of shocks and all the brake calipers,returning an emphatic 'Nowt wrong there mate',Of course I was ecstaticat this news & bewildered as too why the original garage decided to say there was problems,when they must have known there wasn't. Although I have now paid for Two Mot's at a cost of £88,I cannot imagine exactly how much the unessesary repairs would have cost me,where I now also imagine that I could have been fleeced by any amount. The lessons learnt here are really valuable,I will not return to the original garage,and will deter other people I know, that may look at any repair work done there. And I should look at going to Night school for a crash course in car maintenance. Thanks for the tips and replies.

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