For the whole suspension it will of course be longer but I did shocks and
upper ball joints in 2.5 hours with one refill on the coffee.  One ball
joint put up a fight.  A good thorough inspection does take time though.
Even on a lift that may run some time.
jimt

On 9/6/05 11:07 PM, "turbodieseltrooper" <turbodieseltrooper@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
wrote:

> FYI - Book time to overhaul the both sides of the front suspension is 7.4
> and doesn't include time to align.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:25 PM
> Subject: Re: Front shock installation
>
>
>> The good book says 2.4 hours. While there, plan to replace or at least
>> carefully inspect the front strut bar bushings and sleeves, lower and
>> upper control arm bushings, and of course the ball joints.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> Of Le routard 91
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 12:11 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Front shock installation
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how much time should a professionnal mechanic take
>> to install two new front shocks on my 91 syncro?
>>
>> Also wants to sell me Boge shock  at 450$ CDN. I don't know if they're
>> the same model but Bus-Depot sells them for 99$ US each which turn to
>> be around 250 CDN $
>>
>> JP
>
>