1995 GMC Truck ball joint replacement

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

does this price seem reasonable?
Feb 25, 2009 at 12:18 PM
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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)
Feb 25, 2009 at 6:24 PM
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