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Hey guys... my cars coming up to the 100k service and ive been told my timing belt will need to be replaced. Ive also been advised my cv's will prob need 2 be done too. Just wondering if anyone knows how much this will/should cost so i dont get ripped off. Also does anyone know where yu can buy these in syd cauz i kno sum1 who will install them for at quite a good price. By the way, i drive a 97 manual gli (let me kno if yu need more info)
Just have alook at your CV joints - the rubber boot outside maybe be cracked or have a hairline crack - ofcourse best to get them both replaced. Cost for those = ABOUT $60-70 per boot ( one per side)...timingbelt to be replaced is about the $170 mark i think ?
Go to Hannys performance , in Smithfield up here in Sydney. Robert will take care of you :)
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Thanks!
if u go to honbits in wetherill park and get some Boots for your CV joint off them.............they aren't hard to fit...
but i would go to a mechanic to do your timing belt.....
yeah im planning on buying the cv's and timing belt and getting a mechanic i know to fit them. i called honbits and they were quite expensive - they told me $150 each plus $45 each to install - and thats second hand. I called Peps at bankstown and they said $138 each brand new! then my mechanic will install them for a good price. is that a good price or do yu think i could get cheaper ?
$138 is that for the boot? or the whole axle?
Mz-Civic:
Timing Belt at 100.000kms is a normal change.... but changing CV's at that interval seems that someone is trying to pull some $$$ out of your purse - unless they inspected the Rubber Boots and they are cracked...
Make sure you get YOUR mechanic to check the Boots, but you can check the actual CVs yourself by basically doing a full lock in each direction and going around in a circle, slowly accelerating - if you hear any regular knocking, knock knock knock knock getting faster as you accelerate - means the CVs are worn.
But like i said - at 100000kms and being only a 97 I highly doubt that would be an expense you need to look at.
One of my cars is a 1983 crx and the other 1991 crx and i haven't had to change the CVs in any of them for the last 7 and 5yrs of driving. and thats actually doing some hard cornering and racing in the gen2.
get your mechanic to check and save some $$$.
yeah a friend of mine suggested that the mechanic that told me that is prob trying to rip me off. my car isnt making any noises when i turn corners... so i sort of doubt that they need to be changed.
Im only on 91,000 kms at the moment, so do i just wait till 100k kms to change the belt? Also, how often should yu do a service ? - like each XX kms should yu do it?
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Originally Posted by SINISTR
thats what I think - the mechanic was trying to rip you off - "nice girl, with a cool car - i'll try and push some bullshit her way" - type thing.
But do as I said tho - full lock both ways in an empty carpark and just listen for the noise - just to be sure - because going around corners will NOt determine that. needs full lock. and have the rubber boots checked just to be sure - cos if they are broken - dirt will get in there, grease will fall out and that is a sure way of having to replace CVs faster than normal.
well - recommended service is 100000, but nothing stops you from doing it anywhere between now and then... and its only RECOMMENDED to do a timing belt change at that interval. Ive seen cars do 150k kms and have a belt changed - but its risky.
Id recommend doing a filter and oil change every 5000kms. Some people will say only change filter every 10000kms, while oil every 5000kms - but oil filters are so cheap these days (even from Honda) that its just better and cleaner for the car to have it done every 5000kms. Otherwise you're running new oil while the filter has dirty oil still inside it - pointelss in my opinion.
Hope this helps
Mike
thanks for all your help!
just take it to Hannys - Robert or Peter will tret you fine and wont rip you off- even will give alot of free advice :)
Well worth the trip :)
Ben i'm sure I got BOTH my CV boots done for $100 (then again prices at Hanny's do come from the 'instant quote' mechanism ;))