s300 rear axle bearing replacment.

[tubby's repair]

I would like to know if someone might have the repair limit time to replace both rear axle bearings and races on a s300. Will also need new axle and hub, plus the chain case flushed out. Doing this for a guy and want to be fair. I am not sure what bobcats repair limit time is. Thank you for any help. Wes

 

[Tazza]

Why work on Bobcat's time? why not work an hourly rate for yourself and the time it takes is what you charge.
I had it in my head that they wanted at least 10 hours for an axle replacement for a machine, i'm pretty confident that i could do it in less than that. You then need to factor in the chain case clean out.
It will not be a cheap repair for him, Axle, hub, bearings, seals, oil, your time. for a job like that, not knowing the prices of parts, it will be a 2-3k repair unless you can get a used axle and hub.
BobcatDan will hopefully pop his nose in to give you an idea of what he charges out at.

 

[Bobcatdan]

Why work on Bobcat's time? why not work an hourly rate for yourself and the time it takes is what you charge.
I had it in my head that they wanted at least 10 hours for an axle replacement for a machine, i'm pretty confident that i could do it in less than that. You then need to factor in the chain case clean out.
It will not be a cheap repair for him, Axle, hub, bearings, seals, oil, your time. for a job like that, not knowing the prices of parts, it will be a 2-3k repair unless you can get a used axle and hub.
BobcatDan will hopefully pop his nose in to give you an idea of what he charges out at.

When doing bearings, 6 hours per axle. That includes anything done with the chains. Depending how much crap is in the chaincase, I'd add an hour or two. I've had some with a lot of metal shavings in them and it was pretty time consuming. If this is your first time doing this, quote it at 10 hours. You should be able to do it much faster and look like a hero with a final bill much cheaper.

 

[Tazza]

When doing bearings, 6 hours per axle. That includes anything done with the chains. Depending how much crap is in the chaincase, I'd add an hour or two. I've had some with a lot of metal shavings in them and it was pretty time consuming. If this is your first time doing this, quote it at 10 hours. You should be able to do it much faster and look like a hero with a final bill much cheaper.

That is a good idea, if you quote a litle more, but tell them that it should take less, then you do look better. The only down side is, they may turn their nose up at the possible maximum price, so you don't get the deal.
Thankfully i have never had to do this. The one devil of a job i had was a tilt cylinder that the gland was stuck tight. The seals needed doing but it had other ideas. My job was to do what i needed to do. A new cylinder was about $1,800, so antything i could do to get it done for less was ok. It took me a good 2-3 hours to drill out the gland and get it free

 

[Bobcatdan]

That is a good idea, if you quote a litle more, but tell them that it should take less, then you do look better. The only down side is, they may turn their nose up at the possible maximum price, so you don't get the deal.
Thankfully i have never had to do this. The one devil of a job i had was a tilt cylinder that the gland was stuck tight. The seals needed doing but it had other ideas. My job was to do what i needed to do. A new cylinder was about $1,800, so antything i could do to get it done for less was ok. It took me a good 2-3 hours to drill out the gland and get it free

A lot depends on his labor rate. I do my side work at $50 an hour since I have little overhead. Beside my locai reputation, this make me very attractive compared to my former employeer's $100 an hour. So I could quote $500 for 10 hours compared to $600 for 6 hours.