Is this the going rate now?

[ABDoo800]

I took my sled in to a local shop for some work. They put a new nun in, new sliders and some steering parts all of which I would have normally done myself but due to a quadruple bypass the end of June, I did not feel like tackling it this year.

My question is, does $218 in labour to put the sliders on and shop supplies for the total job of $76.30 (10% of the total labour bill) seem about right?

Just curious is all, as like I mentioned, I usually do 99% of my own wrenching.

 

[jeremy]

$218 to put the sliders in, or is that for the entire bill including parts?

 

[Bnorth]

So you paid almost $295 for a shop to put new sliders on? That doesn't include any of the other work?

 

[deaner]

Yeah that is really unclear. If its for everything I dont think its too bad. It cant be for just sliders. If so I would not be paying it.

 

[SIRsleeper]

New nun and steering parts could be labour intensive depending on the sled!


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[blastoff]

Sounds low for the amount of work your describing, for sliders, nun & steering parts.

 

[maxwell]

ever replaced sliders? its not fun LOL. almost worth the 300$

 

[HotShotHarry]

Really? Can you not just remove the holding screw,tap the slider back until it starts going out a track hole,put the sled in reverse and peal them off? Holes too small now? Have to remove the skid to change sliders?

 

[plio7]

Did my sliders in rusty's garage in 15 mins. 300$ sounds pricy for that

 

[ABDoo800]

The labor charge to install the sliders was $218, parts were extra. Plus add in an additional $21.80 for shop supplies on the slider install as shop supplies are an automatic 10% of the labor charge.

 

[HotShotHarry]

If you paid $716 total labour plus $70 for shop supplies to have the nun,sliders and some steering parts replaced,Id say you got a deal. Sliders and steering parts are quick but the nun is quite labour intensive.

 

[HotShotHarry]

Then they must have removed the skid to change the sliders. The only shop supplies they would have used would be some soapy water maybe. What sled and year is your sled? They may have had issues getting the skid bolts out and the job ended up taking 2 hours to do.

 

[SIRsleeper]

Shop supplies is pretty standard to get tacked on at most places these days. Back in my auto days we did a motor swap for a guy, took like 30 hours cause of the car and what had to be done, shop supplies were like $500 and he threw a fit (not surprised he was an employee lol) and the boss wouldn't reverse it even though we maybe just used a little gas for the torches and some penetrating lubricant.


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[Bnorth]

If you paid $716 total labour plus $70 for shop supplies to have the nun,sliders and some steering parts replaced,Id say you got a deal. Sliders and steering parts are quick but the nun is quite labour intensive.

Yeah $716 total is probably fair but $218 for sliders is a ripoff.

 

[maxwell]

Really? Can you not just remove the holding screw,tap the slider back until it starts going out a track hole,put the sled in reverse and peal them off? Holes too small now? Have to remove the skid to change sliders?

on the skidoos its not fun. track windows are extremely small. easiest to remove the skid. which on the skidoos is also a biotch as the axle shafts are floating.

but 2hrs labor is too much. a good mechanic could do it in well under an hour

 

[pfi572]

20 min to change hyfax. On the Doo just cut two windows a bit bigger and no problem.
Doesn't hurt anything and the next time it's easy .

 

[HotShotHarry]

Or replace with Hyperfax and never have to change them again.

 

[powerclaw]

replacing sliders does not only intail replacing sliders themselves. no one takes into consideration from the time the shop unloads the machine, bring it in the shop, open work order, assign mech.,set up, change sliders, spin track, double check to make sure every thing is ok.,clean up area , finish paper work, make sure customer is happy and reload on truck or trailer. this is all of two hours. for you guys who say you can do this in 20 min. come get a job, i have lots of work for you.

 

[clint/KTM/16]

when you consider the price of labor (115hr where I work) it sure adds up fast!

 

[Bnorth]

replacing sliders does not only intail replacing sliders themselves. no one takes into consideration from the time the shop unloads the machine, bring it in the shop, open work order, assign mech.,set up, change sliders, spin track, double check to make sure every thing is ok.,clean up area , finish paper work, make sure customer is happy and reload on truck or trailer. this is all of two hours. for you guys who say you can do this in 20 min. come get a job, i have lots of work for you.

That is called overhead it is built into the rate. Unless you want to bill me 20min everytime I take something to the shop for overhead but only charge me the $15/hr that the teenage mechanic is making. You don't get to have it both ways.