Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #25 – October 19, 2021, 06:12:36 pm Quote from: Jason – October 04, 2021, 07:37:03 pmWhat is roughly the current rate redhead charges for rebuilding your box that you sent in?I believe it was 950 to $1,000. Plus shipping plus shipping the core back, plus I think it was a $500 core deposit. So I think all in all it was about 1200 but don't quote me on that.I could get online and get into my credit cards statement for that month but I don't even remember what month it was now LOL.Also keep in mind that they don't keep rebuilt units ready to go there necessarily so there could be a delay in receiving a rebuilt unit if they have no cores there to rebuild.Also there seems to be a real wide range of what people have paid to get it installed versus installing it yourself. Well I thought about installing it myself I'm glad that I did not as that sucker is pretty heavy and laying on the ground it took two people to hoist it up there. Then you need a third person in the coach to be able to secure the steering wheel column. At least that's the way it worked for us. I think I paid $60 an hour for 4 hours in Mexico for two guys plus me. They brought their own tools but I had to help them out on a few things, including the puller. Thankfully juicesqueezer already had one, which he had made there in Mexico based on specifications from I believe David in Las Vegas. Make sure they put the boot on too before they put the pitman arm back on, and I had my guys put some anti-seize on it that I supplied. I had taken off one of my stainless steel covers that covered the old headlight holes on my coach and I was able to watch and help from a different perspective and angle. And even though I did everything I could to keep that steering wheel straight, I was surprised how much it twisted because of the wiring harness was pulling at it and so we didn't get it aligned exactly right. But I kind of like it that way because now one of the middle spokes is closer to me than the other and I find driving with one hand easier now. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #26 – October 19, 2021, 06:25:21 pm They gave me a shipping label at their cost and added it to the bill. Much cheaper than I would have paid for shipping. I got my own box back sooner than I had anticipated. Some of the hoses I ordered hadn't arrived yet. A good time to change the radiator hoses as you have access from the box under the drivers seat and from behind the generator that was needed to remove the steering box. Quote Selected 6 Likes
Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #27 – November 13, 2021, 07:42:29 pm If I remember right chalks rebuilt mine for -$600.. then there was the labor to put it in...Keith Quote Selected
Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #28 – November 13, 2021, 07:56:42 pm I am wanting to say the cost of the box with shipping both ways was right at $1350.00 for ours! Quote Selected
Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #29 – November 13, 2021, 09:31:39 pm This is a snaphot of the invoice detailing costs for the redhead steering gear as of March 2021. Quote Selected
Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #30 – November 13, 2021, 11:26:22 pm This tracks with my cost. Nacogodoches Motorhome Service put mine in and sent mine to them as core. I thought NMS labor fair. I don't have an electric fan on my generator. Quote Selected
Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #31 – November 14, 2021, 12:00:15 am Quote from: WBates – November 13, 2021, 09:31:39 pmThis is a snaphot of the invoice detailing costs for the redhead steering gear as of March 2021.Did they credit you the $500.00 for the core? Quote Selected
Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #32 – November 14, 2021, 02:36:07 pm I received my core credit the day it was delivered back to Redhead. Quote Selected 1 Likes
Re: Steering Box Leak - Pitman Arm tool? Reply #33 – November 14, 2021, 07:14:32 pm Yes, $500 was credited shortly after I shipped them my core. Quote Selected 1 Likes
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