Xantia drive shaft

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shiney
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Xantia drive shaft

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Hi
Local mechanic says I need a new drive shaft. Quoted about £100 for part and £40 labour. Can this be done fairly easily by an amateur or is it too fiddly?
Does the price quoted seem OK?
Xantia TD sensation 1.8 T reg
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The price is about right if he's getting it in for you-he's put his margin on, but take a look in the online shop and you could buy it for him, even if you can't fit it, which would save a bit.
£40 fitting is probably about right, maybe a little on the cheap side as its about an hours job time.
You can do it yourself- its not hard but you do need a big socket for the hubnut, there's lots of advice on here on how to do it, though!!!
Why does he say you need a new one, though?
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It's making a horrible rumbling noise especially in 2nd and 3rd gear he had a test drive and diagnosed it from the ,noise - ruled out clutch etc.
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Post by Peter.N. »

Sounds like quite a reasonable price for a garage, if its the O/S one you have the centre bearing to contend with as well which can take extra time.
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