1992 Lumina Euro 2dr Maintenence

[BrendonSAIT]

Hey there, i'm new over here, but found my way here. someway or another, not sure really.

 

I own (and love) a 1992 Lumina Euro 3.1L 2dr. My father and i both have reasonable/exceptional knowledge of general maintenance/repairs etc. but lately there's something wrong.

 

a general overview of my problem is; normal city driving includes small potholes, bumps, etc. and when my back wheels (so far mostly my drivers side) makes a HELL of a noise. My dad believes it's the rear struts starting to go, and as i can't think of something else it could be, i'll stick to believing that.

 

Two questions now. assuming it IS the rear struts that are going out on me, and i don't have $1000 to get it repaird anywhere else, however i do have the $40 for used struts. How difficult is this repair to attempt ourselves?

Also, does anyone have any OTHER ideas of what the noise could be? it sounds like a loud, banging in the trunk (the lid's not loose however) over the wheels.

 

Thanks a lot for whatever opinions/ideas you can come up with

 

Brendon

[5speedz34]

a general overview of my problem is; normal city driving includes small potholes, bumps, etc. and when my back wheels (so far mostly my drivers side) makes a HELL of a noise. My dad believes it's the rear struts starting to go, and as i can't think of something else it could be, i'll stick to believing that.

 

Two questions now. assuming it IS the rear struts that are going out on me, and i don't have $1000 to get it repaird anywhere else, however i do have the $40 for used struts. How difficult is this repair to attempt ourselves?

Also, does anyone have any OTHER ideas of what the noise could be? it sounds like a loud, banging in the trunk (the lid's not loose however) over the wheels.

 

Ok, It sounds like it's the struts or the strut mounts, and or the monoleaf bushings. What I don't get is why do u think its $1000's to pay for new struts? And why would u buy used ones for 40 when new ones are like 60?

 

But to do the job its pretty easy, Basic hand tools can do it.

[BrendonSAIT]

5speedz34, yeah, i wish they were 60 each lol. I'm up in Calgary, Alberta Canada here. i called a couple shops and all of them were around the $750(cdn) for labour, as well as $110(cdn) for the parts.

 

If we do this job ourselves, will we need to take the car in for alignment after? i hear yes, but i'm not sure.

 

Thanks

[5speedz34]

Rear struts? I didn't but you might, usually I don't think you do but you might.

 

Well tell me what that is in American currency, and I can compare prices around here.

 

But from struts I would think with a alignment it would be like 300-400?

[BrendonSAIT]

i was told that (when i called for a quote on the parts/labour) that the alignment would be $69.99 + taxes +envirofees and all that stuff... so that will probably be around 100 total *crosses fingers*

 

 

 

thanks for your help

 

brendon

[Bolt_Crank]

well, considering that I also live in canada, and can get a complete set of front struts + mounts + bolts for about $350 you might want to shop around for prices.

 

and the dealership will charge me $245 including GST to change my leafspring, so struts should be around the same, if not less...

 

and you can get a steel replacement leafspring for about $170 or so, as opposed to the $800 fibreglass one

[THe_DeTAiL3R]

All those prices sound high, especially the labor (I'm from Ontario).

[HokemBokem]

Yea he might be going to the dealership and getting lubed up.

[jeremy]

did you end up getting the struts replaced???? how much did they set you back?

[maybe2fast]

do it your self, they are not hard