Cost of repacking front bearings?

[Dare2Dream]

I have a shop that is asking for $85 to repack the front bearings. How does that sound, what have you guys paid for it?

I will be getting a tranny flush at the shop tomorrow morning, so i have to decide by then if i should look for a better deal or have them do it.

[Hotsauce]

Thats not unreasonable. The calipers and rotors must be removed for this.

John C.

[VehiGAZ]

You're probably not going to do much better that that. Git 'r done! :-)

[biju]

Just had mine done the other week. Paid $280....

They must have used grease with diamond dust... *sigh.

-biju.

[PeteVX]

thats a good price, it cost me $130 at the dealership which i thought was pretty good!

[Numba1goalie]

Not to shabby, I just got all four of mine done wednesday for $242 at the dealership.

[mbeach]

I repack my own bearings, but I have the tools and the time.

I'd gladly pay $85 for someone else to do it. It doesn't get easy until the third or fourth time. Up until then, it's a knuckle-breaking dirty curse fest.

[Dare2Dream]

Thanks guys, good to know that it is reasonable.

The mechanic determined that the bearings didn't have any play in them at the moment and its fine to wait a bit before the repacking. I have 35K on the VX so i may get them repacked anyways without waiting much.

BTW, he quoted $100 for the job, but is willing to give me a 15% special discount.

The tranny flush went great, he dropped the pan, changed the filter, and did the full BG machine flush, all for $160. A good deal!! Glad to have found it!