Thread: Perentie MP - Swivel housing and steering box replacement. I need advice.

Originally Posted by lalaland

Hi - I need some advice. My Perentie recently had the gear box partly rebuilt and the transfer case 'fixed' (leak?) sorry I'm not clearer. Point is now it needs another over 5k of work rebuilding the swivel housing and the steering box replaced, including new 'lines' being made by pirtek, plus a new brake fluid cap (but they say it needs the whole thing bc can't buy just the cap). I'm just reeling and wondering if anyone can help me understand any ways I can help make this fix cheaper. Thanks - eila

thats about what that costs...

steering boxes are around $1400 and its about 4 hours worth of labour if nothing fights
Lines from pirtek are around $400 for all of them
the hardware for the whole 9 yards on a swivel rebuild is around $1k and depending on how hard and which side it is around 10 hours of labour.

your major variations on the prices are..

1. are you using brit parts as opposed to something that wont have you redoing it again in 6 months
2. the labour. So far as Im aware Im about the cheapest mechaniac I know of and at a guess using the KLR parts catalogue and assuming the swivel housing ist a complete basket case and just needs a new swivel ball , bearings and seals with no need to do the hub stub or the swivel housing itself I'd poke a guess at $3.5k

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

thats about what that costs...

steering boxes are around $1400 and its about 4 hours worth of labour if nothing fights
Lines from pirtek are around $400 for all of them
the hardware for the whole 9 yards on a swivel rebuild is around $1k and depending on how hard and which side it is around 10 hours of labour.

your major variations on the prices are..

1. are you using brit parts as opposed to something that wont have you redoing it again in 6 months
2. the labour. So far as Im aware Im about the cheapest mechaniac I know of and at a guess using the KLR parts catalogue and assuming the swivel housing ist a complete basket case and just needs a new swivel ball , bearings and seals with no need to do the hub stub or the swivel housing itself I'd poke a guess at $3.5k

Thanks - I appreciate that. I am hoping KLR has some parts available for less but also that it's not as bad. My mechanics are good but KLR has better access to parts. I assume they'll use the best parts to last the distance. It is about five years since they put my power steering in. Where are you based?

Originally Posted by lalaland

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Originally Posted by lalaland

Thanks - I appreciate that. I am hoping KLR has some parts available for less but also that it's not as bad. My mechanics are good but KLR has better access to parts. I assume they'll use the best parts to last the distance. It is about five years since they put my power steering in. Where are you based?

Australia. literally. In my "not doing it correctly" early retirement I run a hobby business as a mobile mechaniac. I am apparently taking mobile far to seriously going as far north as cape york and as far west as perth.

Originally Posted by 123rover50

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

Australia. literally. In my "not doing it correctly" early retirement I run a hobby business as a mobile mechaniac. I am apparently taking mobile far to seriously going as far north as cape york and as far west as perth.

? well Newcastle is just up the road then! Can I book you in? ?