Kind Of Hurts Being Bent Over

[masonbid]

So my front tires were leaking air and I took it into the Fountain Tire to get them to check it out. Turns out that my chrome is peeling... They applied bead seal for 2 tires and it cost me $66... I wasn't really worried until the shop owner called me into the shop to show me my axle seals. Both front axles seals are leaking, passenger side is worse than the drivers.

 

I was quoted $600 for both front seals replaced, total! And was inform that it should be completed before winter and that its an all day process.

 

I called around the stealerships yesterday and they were quoting me between 2.1 and 2.7 hours, +0.3 for my skid plate. Those totals were between 385 and 457.

 

Anyone have any advice on what I should do? Or how difficult it actually is to replace the seals and if I am really being bent over.

[Matt_]

2-3 hours for both seals is about right.

 

$600 is a complete ripoff though

[Matt_]

come to think of it... $66 for bead seal on two tires is a ripoff as well.

 

i used to do the same service for customers but id take the tire completely off the wheel and buff down the bead surface too; we'd only charge them mount/balance costs which were ~$18 per tire.

[kawtoy_77]

...and so goes the old saying; Chrome won't get you home.... The axle seals thing really sucks tho! Sorry to hear about your bad luck.

[jblakeney]

600 BUCKS? WHAT? that is high.... Did you say tire store? Or dealership? I am confused.

 

The time sounds right but the price per hour...... geeeeees

 

Jbo

[tanked_darren]

The only work I'd ever get done at a tire shop is: mounting, balancing, possibly buying new tires, valve stem replacement, and MAYBE an alignment.

[masonbid]

Yeah, I was not expecting it. Kind of sucks too since I just bought my first house and am almost broke. I'm going to end up getting it done somewhere that is around $400. Seems more reasonably priced, plus I'll take my own damn skid plate off! Gotta save money some how

 

Edit:

 

And the $600 was from a Fountain Tire and the $385-$457 was from a Stealership.

[gmowner4life]

Yeah, I was not expecting it. Kind of sucks too since I just bought my first house and am almost broke. I'm going to end up getting it done somewhere that is around $400. Seems more reasonably priced, plus I'll take my own damn skid plate off! Gotta save money some how

 

Edit:

 

And the $600 was from a Fountain Tire and the $385-$457 was from a Stealership.

 

 

Congrats on the house. Sorry about the other stuff. Sux

[rodram]

#1... first I would take it to another auto repair shop or the dealership for an opinion on the front axle seals...... then

 

#2... I would get another quote for repair ....

 

Fountain Tire is just another big chain franchise that handles Goodyear tires.... they want your money, but you have to decide how much of it you are willing to share with them..... if it was book rate of 3 hrs at $95/hr (that's the hourly rate I pay in Saskatoon) plus 12% for shop supplies plus 10% taxes, then the labour should work out to a total bill of $350........

 

So my front tires were leaking air and I took it into the Fountain Tire to get them to check it out. Turns out that my chrome is peeling... They applied bead seal for 2 tires and it cost me $66... I wasn't really worried until the shop owner called me into the shop to show me my axle seals. Both front axles seals are leaking, passenger side is worse than the drivers.

 

I was quoted $600 for both front seals replaced, total! And was inform that it should be completed before winter and that its an all day process.

 

I called around the stealerships yesterday and they were quoting me between 2.1 and 2.7 hours, +0.3 for my skid plate. Those totals were between 385 and 457.

 

Anyone have any advice on what I should do? Or how difficult it actually is to replace the seals and if I am really being bent over.

[Wires]

I've had no luck with Fountain Tire in Calgary lately.

 

The one in the SE bent me over the table on a car tire I took in to get fixed. Paid something like $60 to get 3 holes plugged. He fed me some BS about how they were run flats, and took more time to get off the rims. They were never unmounted, they were plugged with the tire on.

 

Same place hosed me on an alignment a couple of years before (yeh screwed twice, my fault, but I needed that tire fixed ASAP....)

[rodram]

... mmmmh.. you can't find anyone around here anymore that will "plug" a tire

 

... everyone wants to pull the tire off and patch from the inside

... I guess it's safer... certainly more expensive, but you can't go cheap on your tires

[RayGMC]

Where on the axle are they leaking? Out of the dif or from the boot?

[jblakeney]

Yeah, tires are not a place to skimp......

 

If you have nail, screw or other sharp object. ( I have had a screw driver before ). The best thing you can do is have the tire pulled of the rim and a patch with a plug made on the patch ( see attached picture ). These are the best patch...... The old string does not belong on your tire on your vehicle.... Which one do you want going down the interstate with centripetal force applied to it the lone string or the patch with the plug?

 

Jbo

[cerbomark]

Yeah, tires are not a place to skimp......

 

If you have nail, screw or other sharp object. ( I have had a screw driver before ). The best thing you can do is have the tire pulled of the rim and a patch with a plug made on the patch ( see attached picture ). These are the best patch...... The old string does not belong on your tire on your vehicle.... Which one do you want going down the interstate with centripetal force applied to it the lone string or the patch with the plug?

 

Jbo

I thought that those plugs shown can be put in from the outside like a plug.

[jblakeney]

Yeah, tires are not a place to skimp......

 

If you have nail, screw or other sharp object. ( I have had a screw driver before ). The best thing you can do is have the tire pulled of the rim and a patch with a plug made on the patch ( see attached picture ). These are the best patch...... The old string does not belong on your tire on your vehicle.... Which one do you want going down the interstate with centripetal force applied to it the lone string or the patch with the plug?

 

Jbo

I thought that those plugs shown can be put in from the outside like a plug.

 

 

Every one I have ever seen put on, the tire was either dismounted or just the bead broke...... I don't know the tires stores around my area pull the tire off buff the inner wall glue the patch push the nail through the tire and rub over the patch.

 

Jbo