perky anyone?

[bigqueez]

My AE101 Levin failed its warrant yesterday...

Apparently have leaking power steering cable and need new front brake pads. Sounds like pretty straightforward stuff to fix to me but they reckon it will be $600+ to fix. Anyone here know whether that sounds about right?

Even better, does anyone here (suitably experienced/qualified) want to do this job for me as a perky (for payment of course)?

Flick me a PM or post here if you are interested.

Cheers
bigqueez

[CAMB01]

$600+ seems a bit like they wanna rip you off. other garages could do the job for half that price.

[mikeygtt]

sounds like a big RIP OFF. Ask mr revhead for genuine toyotaparts as they are cheap as.

[2LTR Rona]

Hmmm if that was me I would be doing a bit of ringing around and asking other garages what their "ballpark" figure would be, it could very well be that price if they are charging around $70 an hour for labour

[pc]

what's a power steering cable?
If the rack is leaking then it could be expensive to re-condition. Brake pads, no biggie, do it yourself.

[Ebola_One]

Hmmm if that was me I would be doing a bit of ringing around and asking other garages what their "ballpark" figure would be, it could very well be that price if they are charging around $70 an hour for labour

Mind you, it's not just labour here.
When the swap out the PS line, they'll have to top up/refill the power steering fluid (sure, easy job, but parts & labour...)

Mind you, if the rack itself is leaking, $600's not a bad price. it cost me a little over $700 for my rack end seals
Swap to a manual rack :thumbsup:

[Mr Revhead]

if its the hose i think it is then thats stupidly CHEAP.

plus its on a c*^& of a place

[Mr XXX]

thats what I was thinking, It really depends what is wrong with it, need more infomation, but the price of the hose, pipe, line would be the determining factor

[BigDon]

Power steering hoses = expensive, more so if on the high pressure side if I remember rightly. I you want it repaired properly and by an expert ,take it to Mossrax on Belfast street. They have had a bit of experience with corollas of late.

[XSVWGN]

I just had a mate get a whole new power steering pipe from the rack to the powersteer pump made for $220 for his ae101 levin. He got it from Combined Industrial Services on Seaview road in lower hutt. I have also had one made from them. Really good work and considerably cheaper than a genuine toyota one.

They will make one aslong as you take your old one to them. Then will not take it off for you. Normally takes then a day to do it

Matt