How long will it take for a garage to ....?

[8vRicey]

How long will it take a garage to change rear discs and pads, and rear axle bushes ??
Been quoted 6-8 hours, but will only charge me 6 hours (£150), if it takes less then obviously he will charge me the hourly rate.
Labour only, i supply the parts.
Does this seem about right ?? 

[...joe]

its probably not too far off, the rear beam can be a right bastard. i had to get alot of heat and an air gun to get one of my bolts undone. then depending on whether they have the right press could mean it takes a while to get the new bushes in. £150 is pretty reasonable for the effort.

[nealey]

The most time consuming job is the axle bushes, if you can get everything done for a definate price of 150 then i personally would go for it

[paultownsend]

a local garage/vw enthusiast did both my rear beam bushes in less than 2 hours. i stayed in the garage with him as we were also talking about an engine conversion.

give everything a good dose of wd40 everyday for a few days before to help the mechanic out

he drilled out the old bushes with the rear beam dropped but still attatched by the rear strutts

and trust me, please trust me. Get powerflex rear bushes

[bomp]

I reckon it's a brilliant price, (only because I changed my own, with VAG bushes, and it was a cow of a job) but I got rid of 16 years worth of rust aswell with a drum sander and Hamerite, so it took me a week to do.

[...joe]

and trust me, please trust me. Get powerflex rear bushes

sorry i disagree with that, poly bushes make it too stiff on the rear and can make it a bit sketchy in the wet. genuine bushes have an amount of passive rear steer built in which help cornering.

[Agreeable Slick]

and trust me, please trust me. Get powerflex rear bushes

sorry i disagree with that, poly bushes make it too stiff on the rear and can make it a bit sketchy in the wet. genuine bushes have an amount of passive rear steer built in which help cornering.

I would agree, there is a certain amount of stiffness you can place into the rear beam, but bushes do tend to make it a little to stiff, mine would skip and jump all over the place in the wet with my old set up, so i had to take some things off to calm it down a little.

[paultownsend]

personal opinion. iv never had any problems

full powerflex
eibach springs
oe boge shocks
h+r roll bars

= an amazing handling car in around the country roads i live, in the dry

i dont even think about going fast in the wet, in any car

[Simon8v91]

a local garage/vw enthusiast did both my rear beam bushes in less than 2 hours. i stayed in the garage with him as we were also talking about an engine conversion.

give everything a good dose of wd40 everyday for a few days before to help the mechanic out

he drilled out the old bushes with the rear beam dropped but still attatched by the rear strutts

and trust me, please trust me. Get powerflex rear bushes

Going to have a go at mine after my hols.  I was hoping to get away with not totally removing the rear beam. 

[...joe]

^^ i got a spare rear beam, got it powder coated, built it all up with new brake lines, brakes, bushes etc off the car and swapped them over. still was a cow getting the old one off.