Danxr Member 67 Member For: 16y 12d Gender: Male Location: Perth WA Duncraig / Wanneroo Posted 20/04/13 04:08 PM Share Posted 20/04/13 04:08 PM as everyone should know recently I hit a roo in the bf2 turbo minor front end damage will post pictures before and aftercar still drives very well so I continued the drive to work no worries apon coming home I was pulled over by cops and yellow sticked for missing/damaged front bumper into which I had already organised the insurance to fix the car and had it booked in asap or 5 days and arranged on the same day that I hit the rooanyway it's gotta go over the pits and the diff bush is destroyed it is really really stuffed big time had them since they installed the new diff Nov 11 or 170,000km ago the cars is currently sitting on 299,000kms almost the big 300,000 for a dec 07 falcon xr6tis there anyway of replacing the diff bush without removing the diff as I'm going to do it myself and it'll be a car jack and wheel stands jobI've brought last year a superpro comfort + for the center bush but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aiboart Member 665 Member For: 19y 10m 7d Posted 20/04/13 10:55 PM Share Posted 20/04/13 10:55 PM (edited) Yes, and you really dont' want to go down that path as it involves cutting a substantal hole in the boot, really.Some advice that came up on the forum some time ago for this type of repair/ refurb is to seek out the people who fix taxis in your area, as they are:- vastly cheaper than the dealerships. ($500 from the taxi repair place for supply and fitting the diff bush and a few others)- very fast (2 hours) as they are doing these bushing jobs constantly- good quality as they are doing these bushing jobs constantlyI have not tried this approach myself so it is not possible to confirm the claims about qgood quality. However I have called one of these facilities and the prices and times required quotes were correct. Edited 20/04/13 11:01 PM by aiboart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 3m 26d Gender: Male Posted 20/04/13 11:11 PM Share Posted 20/04/13 11:11 PM We charge well under $500 for s&f genuine diff bush and can do the job in under an hour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 1m 3d Posted 20/04/13 11:30 PM Share Posted 20/04/13 11:30 PM Yea ford dealer did mine for $380 in labour, Cheaper than what everywhere else quoted me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 5m 26d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 21/04/13 01:52 AM Share Posted 21/04/13 01:52 AM Would not use a Taxi repairer for any work at all! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jas98 Member 1,030 Member For: 12y 3m 30d Gender: Male Location: Maryborough Qld Posted 21/04/13 05:46 AM Share Posted 21/04/13 05:46 AM ^lol yeah after all who would work on a taxi and still be sane haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 5m 26d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 21/04/13 06:09 AM Share Posted 21/04/13 06:09 AM Would not use a Taxi repairer for any work at all! my post was very direct which is probably not fair, but it appears from my time dealing with different mechanics, customers etc that taxi repairers do things as cheap and as quick as possible without consideration to the final quality, some would call rough as guts, some would call dodgy, I'm sure there are some that are exceptions to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 3m 26d Gender: Male Posted 21/04/13 07:34 AM Share Posted 21/04/13 07:34 AM Never seen any exceptions ratter, spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 7m 23d Gender: Male Posted 21/04/13 07:59 AM Share Posted 21/04/13 07:59 AM I wouldn't trust Taxi mechanics either. A bit of a hit and miss, more chances of a miss I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootster Just a large member member Silver Donating Members 3,125 Member For: 16y 1m 6d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 21/04/13 08:45 AM Share Posted 21/04/13 08:45 AM We charge well under $500 for s&f genuine diff bush and can do the job in under an houris that price for only the centre bush. No way you can change the other 2 also in an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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