Labour costs to change a differential ?
 

Wow! On a BMW 320i one garage quoted 8 300ukp+vat labour to change a diff.
This is the garage I usually phone to get a worst case scenario type quote!

My local one is letting me source my own diff (for 150 UKP) and want approx
225+vat for labour.

The chaps I'm buying from (Quarry Motors) say they could change a diff in
one hour at a push and are surprised labour is more than 70 quid even
allowing for London prices!

Problem is the car has already been towed to my local garage so I'll have
to get a break down in labour costs from them I guess? Otherwise towing
costs may cancel out any savings looking elsewhere.

Are these 200+UKP labour costs standard for London or something?

Lordy

Lordy wrote:

> Wow! On a BMW 320i one garage quoted 8 300ukp+vat labour to change a
> diff. This is the garage I usually phone to get a worst case scenario
> type quote!
>
> My local one is letting me source my own diff (for 150 UKP) and want
> approx 225+vat for labour.
>
> The chaps I'm buying from (Quarry Motors) say they could change a
> diff in one hour at a push and are surprised labour is more than 70
> quid even allowing for London prices!
>
> Problem is the car has already been towed to my local garage so I'll
> have to get a break down in labour costs from them I guess? Otherwise
> towing costs may cancel out any savings looking elsewhere.
>
> Are these 200+UKP labour costs standard for London or something?

I don't know about that, but you can figure on paying for 4-5 hours labor to
change a diff.

Matt O.

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:27:17 -0500, "Matt O'Toole" >
wrote:

>Lordy wrote:
>
>> Wow! On a BMW 320i one garage quoted 8 300ukp+vat labour to change a
>> diff. This is the garage I usually phone to get a worst case scenario
>> type quote!
>>
>> My local one is letting me source my own diff (for 150 UKP) and want
>> approx 225+vat for labour.
>>
>> The chaps I'm buying from (Quarry Motors) say they could change a
>> diff in one hour at a push and are surprised labour is more than 70
>> quid even allowing for London prices!
>>
>> Problem is the car has already been towed to my local garage so I'll
>> have to get a break down in labour costs from them I guess? Otherwise
>> towing costs may cancel out any savings looking elsewhere.
>>
>> Are these 200+UKP labour costs standard for London or something?
>
>I don't know about that, but you can figure on paying for 4-5 hours labor to
>change a diff.
>
>Matt O.

It's RWD so you take the CV's off (6 bolts or push/pull clip fit),
undo the prop shaft (4 bolts), remove the 4 or 6 bolts that hold diff
place, drop the diff. Refit in reverse. Less or same time as a RWD
clutch - I had mine done for £70 labor and they put new oil in the
diff too.

Lets say it's got 22 bolts on the 3 flanges and holding the diff in.
1 min per bolt = 44 min remove and refit. 10 min to swap the diff.
That leaves 6 min for a fag break.

Labor can be anything from £40/hr to £120/hr.

In ,
Lordy > decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a
rant as follows
> Wow! On a BMW 320i one garage quoted 8 300ukp+vat labour to change a
> diff. This is the garage I usually phone to get a worst case scenario
> type quote!
>
> My local one is letting me source my own diff (for 150 UKP) and want
> approx 225+vat for labour.
>
> The chaps I'm buying from (Quarry Motors) say they could change a
> diff in one hour at a push and are surprised labour is more than 70
> quid even allowing for London prices!
>
> Problem is the car has already been towed to my local garage so I'll
> have to get a break down in labour costs from them I guess? Otherwise
> towing costs may cancel out any savings looking elsewhere.
>
> Are these 200+UKP labour costs standard for London or something?

If you choose to live down south, you should expect to be ripped off.

HTH

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"Matt O'Toole" > wrote in message
...
> Lordy wrote:
>
> > Wow! On a BMW 320i one garage quoted 8 300ukp+vat labour to change a
> > diff. This is the garage I usually phone to get a worst case scenario
> > type quote!
> >
> > My local one is letting me source my own diff (for 150 UKP) and want
> > approx 225+vat for labour.
> >
> > The chaps I'm buying from (Quarry Motors) say they could change a
> > diff in one hour at a push and are surprised labour is more than 70
> > quid even allowing for London prices!
> >
> > Problem is the car has already been towed to my local garage so I'll
> > have to get a break down in labour costs from them I guess? Otherwise
> > towing costs may cancel out any savings looking elsewhere.
> >
> > Are these 200+UKP labour costs standard for London or something?
>
> I don't know about that, but you can figure on paying for 4-5 hours labor
to
> change a diff.

You can? How did you work that out then?

In article >,
Pete M > wrote:
> If you choose to live down south, you should expect to be ripped off.

That's because we all make 100,000 quid a year plus. I'm told. ;-(

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

And where is the rip-off boundary?

DAS
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"Pete M" > wrote in message
...
[...]
>
> If you choose to live down south, you should expect to be ripped off.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Pete M

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> In article >,
> Pete M > wrote:
>> If you choose to live down south, you should expect to be ripped off.
>
> That's because we all make 100,000 quid a year plus. I'm told. ;-(

It's certainly an easy life down there. Every time I've been to London the
place is packed with people who got rich young, retired and now have nothing
better to do than lie around in sleeping bags all day.

Lucky *******s.

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In article >, Lordy says...
> Wow! On a BMW 320i one garage quoted 8 300ukp+vat labour to change a diff.
> This is the garage I usually phone to get a worst case scenario type quote!
>
> My local one is letting me source my own diff (for 150 UKP) and want approx
> 225+vat for labour.
>
> The chaps I'm buying from (Quarry Motors) say they could change a diff in
> one hour at a push and are surprised labour is more than 70 quid even
> allowing for London prices!
>
> Problem is the car has already been towed to my local garage so I'll have
> to get a break down in labour costs from them I guess? Otherwise towing
> costs may cancel out any savings looking elsewhere.
>
You need to clarify.

By diff do you mean a complete unit or do you mean a crown and pinion
set? The first is an hour, the second can be several hours.


--
Conor

An imperfect plan executed violently is far superior to a perfect plan.
-- George Patton

Conor > wrote in
:

>> Problem is the car has already been towed to my local garage so I'll
>> have to get a break down in labour costs from them I guess? Otherwise
>> towing costs may cancel out any savings looking elsewhere.
>>
> You need to clarify.
>
> By diff do you mean a complete unit or do you mean a crown and pinion
> set? The first is an hour, the second can be several hours.

I think its the complete unit. The breakdown of work for the 225+vat labour
(5 hours at 45+vat ph) was to remove the prop shaft, drive shaft , axle
(presumably CV), sawp out diff, and then put it all back together again.

They seemed to take a while to work out a quote which I assume means they
dont usually do this kind of thing? Other garages with cheaper quotes
virtually gave me the quotes before I could finish asking the question.

I guess its one of those jobs that take much longer if you're not used to
doing it?

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Lordy