> wrote in message
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> If you tighten the bolts, does the play go away? Those bolts should
> have either lock washers or lock bolts to prevent this. As for the
> price, that sounds about right as long as they were using good parts,
> not the plain white box stuff.

If you tighten the bolts, the play NORMALLY goes away. Depends on
why the play is there in the first place.

I strongly dissent that $500 plus is 'about right' to replace two ball
joints.

Without a hydraulic lift, I can do the job in no more than 1.5 hours. At
MOST
$150 in labor. I believe you are talking about $20-30 each for the ball
joints.
(I haven't checked since I dont have the exact model.)

So, $250 would make me very happy. We havent included alignment, which
may not be necessary anyway, but is certainly always a good idea. Alignment
here
costs $60.

$310 does not equal $500-550.