Saxo Auto steering rack replacement

Village · Post by **Village** » 18 Nov 2009, 13:42

No, not an automatic steering rack! replacing the steering rack in a Saxo auto.

one of my colleagues has a saxo that his wife drives, and it is currently making some unpleasant graunching noises, so they took it to their local mainstealer and were quoted £1,200 for a replacement!

Needless to say, he said "thanks, but no thanks" and walked out again!

Is this a realistic price for this job and if not, how much should it be?

Cheers
Pete

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 18 Nov 2009, 20:40

partly depends were the car is and if its power steering or manual,

i have not done a SAXO one yet but i would think it is quite easy,

GSF's 06 catalouge list manual at 25 quid part No. N43928

and power 125 quid part No. N43030,

even if Cthe dealer was asking 200quid for the rack thats 1000 for there service's,

regards malcolm

Village · Post by **Village** » 19 Nov 2009, 09:18

Thanks for the info, I should really have mentioned that it has power steering...

I have no idea what the hourly rate at a main dealer is, but if it'f £100/hour, will it really take 10 hours to change the rack?!

citronut · Post by **citronut** » 19 Nov 2009, 13:30

i thought main dealers rate is around 80 quid an hour,

also cant see why it would take 10 hours to swop over,

were abouts is the car

regards malcolm

Village · Post by **Village** » 19 Nov 2009, 13:52

Car is near Bournemouth I think, not sure exactly where Nick lives but it's somewhere on the Hampshire - Dorset border.

wheeler · Post by **wheeler** » 19 Nov 2009, 14:48

The book time is 1.70h to replace the rack plus 0.70h to check & adjust front wheel alingment.

Village · Post by **Village** » 19 Nov 2009, 15:54

wheeler wrote:The book time is 1.70h to replace the rack plus 0.70h to check & adjust front wheel alingment.

so £1200 is a bit steep then........?

wheeler · Post by **wheeler** » 19 Nov 2009, 20:53

Just a little, I'd try someone else.