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hlo56
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Jun 24, 2006, 12:19 PM

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My daughter has a '92 Geo and she was told she needs a half shaft in the front end. Is this a job a DIY person can do? I have some experience and am willing to tackle it. Do I need special tools? Thanks for any help available. Sears had told her she needed struts, and half shaft, total bill would have been $1023. Needless to say, she came to dad.

grand_sea
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Jul 1, 2006, 10:13 AM

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the price will differ alittle depending on if its the left or right side. I would say go to your local parts or book store & get a shop manual (if its plastic rapped ask if you can open it read through the parts of interest and see if your comfortable doing it!)($17-$22for the manual) you can replace your struts while replacing the half-shaft(drive-shaft)so get them the same time you get the shafts!

you'll have to remove the front wheel assembly's as far as I know the closest thing to a specialty tool you'll need might be a very big socket for the nut that keeps the wheel assembly on.( I've only done this procdure twice and not on a geo so yours may differ slightly)
R.G.
south central Minnesota

Tom Greenleaf
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Jul 1, 2006, 11:31 AM

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Even if this car needs the struts that price is a tad high even for where I live??

Get another quote. I get that stuff done for me at a specialty shop that finishes with a proper alignment for perhaps $350 but don't quote that. That's a wholsale rate and the exact quality of parts could make a difference. I don't own the $50,000.00 alignment machine and the small markup I would ask also makes me responsible for the job done right. Your call on DIY or not, T

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