AUX belt price

[Winged-Will]

I've had a quote of £50 inc vat to change the Aux belt, does that sound about right on a 172 Cup, seems cheap, or is it because its so quick to do without aircon?

 

[maynard]

I'd say that's probably about right.

There isn't a tensioner set up like on the models with air con, it's just the belt that needs changing.

 

[sideways danny]

quite expensive TBH

 

[MicKPM]

quite expensive TBH

+1 - Agree as belts are only around £12 and its a simple enough job on the cup

 

[Winged-Will]

Really, the other quote I had was £68, both from Renault specialists, the £50 one was from NW Performance.

 

[MicKPM]

They shouldn't be, in my opinion at least, be charging for more than 30mins labour but i'm guessing they're going to be billing a minimum hour plus the part @ £50

 

[sideways danny]

£35 from me. Not a genuine belt, but it doesn't need to be

 

[Winged-Will]

£35 from me. Not a genuine belt, but it doesn't need to be

Your a bit far unfortunately, I think they said the genuine part is £28 + £20ish for half hour labour?

 

[sideways danny]

genuine cup belt is £14.61

 

[g.c.]

I paid £234 (£195 plus VAT) last month for AUX belt change in my 182: £120 + VAT for the kit and £75 + VAT for fitting.

 

[Winged-Will]

I assume you have air con!

 

[g.c.]

I assume you have air con!

Yep but didn't realise it made that much difference!

 

[Winged-Will]

Its 2.7 hours with air con or 30mins without apparently!

 

[sideways danny]

book time maybe. In reality it's an hour and a bit on an AC car, but the kit costs roughly £146

 

[Fred@BTM]

iits less than 5min on a cup with no AC, i charge the cost of the belt plus a pint

 

[M@C]

Sorry to hi-jack but how do you tension it with no-tensioner??

I haven't looked at ine properly but it was something that I wanted to swap out.

Is it where you have to loosen the alternator and move it to take up the slack?

 

[Fred@BTM]

the tenioner is the long thin threaded bit poking up infront of the alternator (easy to snap, so don't go nuts!)

 

[M@C]

Cool, cheers for the heads up.