i took mine in because of nasty leak a few years ago and that was their fix. i checked the level again the other day and the fluid barely registered on the dipstick. if it's not the hose this time i wonder if they'll try and stick me with the same repairs

 

that labor seems about right... itsa pain to do a rack and pinion in anything, but the parts price they said seem way high

 

Well I finally got the quote from the shop for the replacment of the r&p. 550 out the door, so I have an appointment on Wednesday, this is half of what the dealer said[:@]

 

Good deal, and for half the price I'd bet you get a better job than you'd get at the dealer. It seems that these forums are getting more and more posts about shoddy work done for outragious prices at the "stealerships"...

 

Good deal, and for half the price I'd bet you get a better job than you'd get at the dealer. It seems that these forums are getting more and more posts about shoddy work done for outragious prices at the "stealerships"...
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I wouldn't want to say that all dealers are bad, but I would say that you have to be cautious when dealing with some of them, especially when they give you quick answers to cover things that they say. As in when the guy told me I need an alignment and I told him I couldn't believe that since they(dealer) just did one less than a year ago and he comes back with, well we recommend doing it twice a year. I raised the B.S. flag on that one.

 

I screwed up that quote thing.[:@]

 

Shocker..

 

I have done a couple R&P's on the dodge trucks. They are by far one of the easiest I have ever done. There are 2 bolts holding it in. The 2 outer tie rod bolts. The bolt connecting it to the intermediate shaft. and the two hoses. once you get the bolts out and the outer tie rods off it pretty much falls in your lap.

P.S. by the way the hoses on this R&P have a compresion style fitting between the rubber hose and the metal pipe so a $1 hose clamp will not fix it. Also if you look underneath it's the end seals that leak the fluid into the boots (There should be no fluid in the boots). If you poke a hole in the boot you will get fluid to run out. (NOTE: only poke a hole in the boot to confirm it, otherwise dirt can get in there and ruin the seals)

There $1000 price was still to high though. I found one for my 04 truck for 168 although I work at a used car dealership.

 

Well I got my truck back from the shop today. I t took them about 3 hours and it only cost me 550 bucks. Let me tell ya it drives like a new truck. All I can say is WOW!!!!! What a difference it makes.