My local shop wants to charge me almost $80 to drop in valve springs for me. Now I know exactly what this involves and it is not worht 80 bones. I know these places make money hand over fist so why do they have to rape us on the small stuff also? Should I be upset or is that just the way of the world?

 

2 hours work at $40 per hour is $80.

Take off the front plastic, fuel tank, and valve cover yourself. Offer them $40 to install the springs for you.

 

I wasnt clear. I have the head off and the old springs out. All they have to do is drop the new ones in!

 

Thats nuts! Take the $80 and go buy yourself a valve spring compressor. When I first read it I was thinking $80 isn't bad to put in new valve springs, you know plastic, head, and all that. Since you already have it off that is just pure craziness.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

Yeah that what I was thinking. " The whole job could be done in 5 minutes. " Those were the words of the parts manager. I was thinking cool. Then He bring me a paper to sign saying 77.82 or something like that. I took my parts and left, then came he to consult.

 

So did they do it and then you found out how much, or was the paper just a quote?

 

thanks to mom and pop shops you still can get good service. I helped the guy and he only charged me $5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I gave him $10 and a thanks for being reasonable! 20min job

 

I work at a shop,half an hour tops should do it,could be that the parts guy doesn't know what the service manager should be telling you.

2hrs. if the quad was assembled

 

did they have a minimum service charge seems as if you hit that! I still would have been upset and would have wanted to speak to the department head or above his head also!

 

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