Had some clicking on the driver's side front wheel. Put it up on a hoist and as the wheel turned by hand, there was a clicking that seemed to come from the differential. Instead, it was the CV axle so had it replaced. Garage charged me $150 for the axle and $80 labor, $250 total with taxes. I mentioned I found axles online for under $100 and was told this was a new one and not "Chinese junk".
The replacement solved the problem, no more clicking.
Two weeks later, heard the same noise now coming from the right side. I figured it was the passenger side CV axle. This time, I called called a different mechanic, asked him if he could replace the axle for me. I called the parts store and they got an axle delivered the next morning. Again, put it up on a hoist and as the wheel turned by hand, the clicking seemed to located in the differential. One of the mechanics- the older one- thought it was in the transmission but I assured him it was the cv axle since the symptoms were identical as before. When the younger mechanic returned from lunch, he agreed it was the cv axle. Took him 60 minutes to swap out the axle. Axle cost me $85, labor $75, total $160 with taxes $90 difference between the first and second jobs.
I didn't see where the first axle came from so I don't know where it was made. I have a problem with the term "Chinese junk" . Back in the 50's and 60's, imports from Japan were considered Japanese junk but Japan showed the USA how to build cars a few years later. China is a highly industrialized nation building very complex machines for their military and civilian users. There may be some junk made - like in the USA - but to write off the entire country as sub-par manufacturers is ignorant.
I was tempted to go to the local dealer to see what they would have come up with as a diagnosis and an estimate but I figure it would have been higher.
Our 3.5 year old touchscreen stopped working and since the dealer wanted $2,000 to fix it, we embarked on a journey to replace the screen at a reasonable cost.
This video provides step by step replacement as done by someone who had no experience in doing this job. Watch the video here
Our 3.5 year old touchscreen stopped working and since the dealer wanted $2,000 to fix it, we embarked on a journey to replace the screen at a reasonable cost.
This video provides step by step replacement as done by someone who had no experience in doing this job. Watch the video here
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