Sometimes it helps to look at things in perspective. It cost me $30,000 to
have my wife's hip joint tightened up last month. $9,500 for a chunk of
titanium and some stainless steel screws! That's flatly insane! I have a
policy with a $25,000 deductible too. Ouch!

Earle

"DougW" > wrote in message
news:b2vEe.27312$mC.2976@okepread07...
> So I've got a bit of popping when taking off or going into
> reverse. It's not drive train but rather the control arms
> just need the bolts retorqued. Been there done that about
> every three to four years depending on how hard I drive the
> Jeep.
>
> The only problem is it's difficult to put 130ft.lbs on the lower
> arms without air tools or having the Jeep lifted and I do _not_
> like working under a vehicle on jacks especially when horking on
> bolts. To do it right I need a real lift.
>
> Anyhoo, back to the story. Called the Jeep dealership to ask
> how much they would charge to hit up eight bolts. They tell me
> it will be a 41$ charge to "examine the problem" and probably an
> hour of time $91 to fix it.
>
> 91$/hour! That's flatly insane. It must be due to the war in
> Iraq and oil prices driving up the cost of the imported booze
> the addleminded dealership owner swills down.
>
> ....
>
> Well, it costs about 4-5$/hr to rent lift space at the auto-hobby
> shop on base. So it looks like I'll be there later next week.
>
> It will probably take me an hour but that includes bs time and
> a few sodapop breaks since the rack is outside.
>
> ....
>
> --
> DougW
>
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