Going rate for wheel bearing replacement?

[Vintage914Racer]

I have a 70 914-6 that sounds like it needs a wheel bearing. What should I expect to pay to get this fixed?

[Headrage]

Front or rear?

[Vintage914Racer]

rear

[Headrage]

If the mechanic knows what he is doing it should take less than an hour.

I would figure under $100.00 plus the parts.

[Vintage914Racer]

not bad

[kenschipper]

Don't know if there is much of a difference between the 6's and 4's but I wast quoted $700+ by two different shops last month. Parts and labor.

Ken

[SGB]

rear wheel bearings can be a pain. The nuts are torques to 300 lb-ft or some ungodly number. I think when I had one done a few years ago it was $150 or $160.

[The cap'n]

Originally posted by kenschipper
Don't know if there is much of a difference between the 6's and 4's but I wast quoted $700+ by two different shops last month. Parts and labor.

Ken

They saw you coming! At the most it shouldn't take more than 2 hours. That's the MOST. That makes their labor rate $250-300/hour. Look elsewhere. You could drive down to Santa Maria, stay in a nice motel, have 2 or 3 really nice meals, have me do the work at full retail, and go home with change from your $700.

The Cap'n

[Root_Werks]

Most shops around here will be $250 a side for rears.

[AJS]

If you get charged full retail, that bearing is $100 all by itself. To that, add the labor. The $250 per side isn't far off.

DYI; $50 bearing from parts house and some elbow grease, etc.

AJS

[sean_V8_914]

shop rates average 60-80 per hour
2 hours 140
bearing 100
total 240 sounds reasonable
a pro shop will have teh tools and know-how to do it faster but you still pay for that knowledge.

[The cap'n]

Originally posted by sean_V8_914
shop rates average 60-80 per hour
2 hours 140
bearing 100
total 240 sounds reasonable
a pro shop will have teh tools and know-how to do it faster but you still pay for that knowledge.

"60-80/hr"? Out in the sticks, maybe, but not anywhere there are Porsche (or any other kind of) specialists. Certainly not in Monterey. The Cap'n

[Acox914]

local shops are 90/hr

[spoke]

I removed the trailing arm and had a shop push the old one out and press the new one in for $40. Dropped it off on the way to work and picked it up on the way home. Had to re-align the toe and I painted the trailing arm while out of the car.

Spoke

[jackmech]

$90/hour? Damn I gotta raise my rates.

[drewvw]

for reference, the "best" porsche shop around boston (autosport engineering) charges 100/hr. And they are in the sticks...

the best vw place that works on air cooled porsches and is in the city...70.

[Eric_Shea]

We recondition the whole arm(s) for $295.00

You gotta get them to me though