New tie-rods and pitman arm price...what is reasonable?

[ATL]

i did pitman and idler on my truck, it wasnt fun at all. but id do it again before paying 500-600 in labor. its nothing complicated, but its tough. you gotta use like a 6" pipe wrench and pull on it with every bit of strength you got. or atleast this is how i did it. i didnt remove the steering box, so i couldnt use pullers.

if i was to do it again, id just pull the steering box out, put it in a bench vise and wrench on it there. its more work than not removing the box, but the work is much easier than if the box stays in the truck

 

[skyl3rm]

Had mine done a few months ago and it was like $700

 

[fire730]

Ive changed more inners than outers on NBS trucks/SUVs.

$600 for labor is insane. What is the rate? I charge like 4 hours tops to do inners and a pitman arm. The pitman arm is a pain but they sell a puller at Autozone for pretty cheap. You cant get to the main nut on the pitman arm but if you unbolt the steering box from the frame you can move it around to where you can get to the nut to remove it and take it off with a puller. You will need an impact to unbolt it since you have no leverage with the box unbolted.

 

[DenaliAK]

Labor at that shop is $105/hr.

Not sure how that compares to other shops around town. Hoping to get into another shop tomorrow. I'm destroying my newish summer tires and need to get the alignment/canting fixed ASAP, which I can't do until I fix the front end.

 

[Bikeboy80]

Labor at that shop is $105/hr.

Not sure how that compares to other shops around town. Hoping to get into another shop tomorrow. I'm destroying my newish summer tires and need to get the alignment/canting fixed ASAP, which I can't do until I fix the front end.

Damn, I wish I could charge that rate for an hour of my time! Most of the shops around here are somewhere around $75/hr.

 

[ATL]

average shop rate in ga is around $90/hr

 

[DenaliAK]

So, that other shop was just full of all kinds of shit.

I need a new Pitman arm. That's the only part they got right. Also need a new idler arm. With replacement, labor, AND an alignment it will cost me $734. That's much better than the $900 without alignment for parts I apparently don't need. These guys said the tie rods actually looked pretty good.

Does that sound about right? The price on the pitman arm is still high, but that seems to be the local going rate. I've checked around a bit. I have to get this done this week, so I'll eat the $50-60 I could save if I ordered it myself.

 

[purple 'hoe]

1.6 Hours for Idler Arm
1.3 hours for Pitman Arm
1.0 Hours for Tie Rods
1.0 hours for an alingment

Plus your parts. So that seems pretty close. Your looking at almost 500 in labor dude. At a GM Dealer it's about 100 per hour. At least that's what we charge

 

[LSUz71]

Give me 700bucks and i'll
Learn how to fix em! I'd never willingly give that much mlney to a shop!


Sent from the future.

 

[scottg918514]

I just got an OEM Pitman arm for $45 and Tie rod end for $40. So parts x 2 would be $170. Labor rates are high and to replace the Pitman arm on drivers side you need to take steering box out. I believe you would have to take the idler out on pass side. Tie rod ends are easy. But with all steering work you will need front end alignment afterwards, this can run $50-$100.

So $270 parts and alignment, plus $90 per hour for 6 hrs = $810

So est isn't far off and they charge more for parts.