1995 GMC Truck ball joint replacement

Tiny
MARK70669
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  • 1995 GMC TRUCK
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 120,000 MILES
A local garage wants to charge me 1800 dollars to replace the ball joinsts on my 1995 gmc k1500.

does this price seem reasonable?
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 AT 8:18 PM

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Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,
This is a time consuming and expensive job, Labour time to replace 4 ball joints is approx 7 hrs and the ball joins cost about $72.00 each for the lower and between $ 80 - 90.00 each for the uppers depending on if riveted or pressed in type.

Mark (mhpautos)
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