Leaking rear shock - Reasonable price?

[Ribbo]

Typically as I was about to put my 182 up for sale I discovered a leaking rear shock. So I need to get this sorted before I put it on the Market!

I've been quoted £130.75 Inc VAT parts and labour by my local Renault garage is this a good price?

I know the part is £58.49 is 70 odd quid expensive for the labour?

Thanks

 

[DrR]

£130 fitted for one?

It really is 5 min job to replace them. it's 2 bolts, don't even need to jack up the car.

 

[Henry]

if that's to supply&fit one, don't bother - they're easy to DiY fit

could be to supply&fit two, though? ed. although it won't be, sorry. just buy one and have it fitted at a local if you don't fancy it yourself

 

[Beef-Mc]

£55 pund each, doubt they'll only charge £20 for labour.

 

[Ribbo]

This is a price to supply and fit 1

if I go the DIY route is it best to order direct from a local Renault dealer? Or is there a better alternative?

Don't have many car related tools what would I need in order to make sure he bolts were correctly tightened?

 

[Henry]

won't be able to save much at all by mailordering

just need spanners for top nut and bottom bolt; could torque them back up to spec, although someone with a little experience'd be able to do them up appropriately without torque wrench

 

[Ribbo]

Thanks All

one last question am I ok to continue driving the car at the moment or is this dangerous or damaging?

 

[Henry]

it'll affect the handling but shouldn't be dangerous providing you drive with that in mind

 

[Ribbo]

Great thanks for all the advice!

 

[mat-nos]

replace both and do it yourself, will take 10 mins each..

 

[MikeB]

Easy to change! Drop me a pm if you need a hand

 

[Ribbo]

Ordered my rear shock today (Great price from Karl at SMCRenault, great discounts on parts for RenaultSports members! Highly recommended!) and am going to fit it with a mate who has all the right tools and is a mechanical engineer so should know his way around a spanner

Does anybody know how tight the bolts should be if using a torque wrench? And is there a step by step guide on here somewhere?

Want to make sure I do a spot on job as I'm about to put the car up for sale and dont want to pass on anything dodgy!

 

[Fred@BTM]

just QFT for the torque

 

[Alic01]

I did my shocks the other night, as people are saying its the easiest job tbh. The top nut inside the car is a 17mm iirc. The bolt connecting to the arm is an 18mm socket, this will be tight but not massively so, i could just undo mine with a normal 1/2" ratchet, tightened them back up as tight as i could with the same ratchet.

Only issue i had which delayed one slightly was the bush which sits under the upper mount was rusted to the shock so needed removing with a puller but i was using second hand shocks, not sure if you get these bushes supplied with new shocks.