Get a recon VCU from Bell Engineering. That will be ~£270 with bearings iirc. £120 for fitting is a **** take. It's an hours labour, tops. You should be paying less than half that labour charge.
I agree Ali.
I guess for a big garage probably with two guys at it for most of the time and providing warranty on the work, plus the use of the lift of the hour or so then £120 isn't too bad.It's less than an hours work with the vehicle on a 2 poster. Only the rear prop section needs removing completely. The VCU is then slid off the front prop that simple needs supporting on a transmission jack or hung on a strap from the X member.
I wouldn't dream of charging £120 for changing a VCU. Although if people are happy to pay it, I might just charge it
Would youGet a recon VCU from Bell Engineering. That will be ~£270 with bearings iirc. £120 for fitting is a **** take. It's an hours labour, tops. You should be paying less than half that labour charge.
Alternatively take a day trip the Bell and get them to fit it for you. You'll be getting a good recon for half the money, fitted
Thanks for that.are the recon vcus a good buy I have been advised against them in the past???Get a recon VCU from Bell Engineering. That will be ~£270 with bearings iirc. £120 for fitting is a **** take. It's an hours labour, tops. You should be paying less than half that labour charge.
Alternatively take a day trip the Bell and get them to fit it for you. You'll be getting a good recon for half the money, fitted
How very dare you!I'm not sure if there are any tests accurate enough to determine that.
All we can tell when they are new is whether they perform roughly the same in viscous mode - and I believe (presume!) they do. I don't believe we can tell whether they perform the same in 'hump' mode.
As for lifespan we really need a sample of Bells's units driven over long durations/distances and compare that to the expected lifetime of a GKN unit. We know a GKN unit will last roughly between 20K and 200K miles !
What you should be asking is if either are as good as Alibro's
That's quite a complement Ali. Especially as it was from GG.How very dare you!
Oh!, never had one of them before. I took it as an insult.That's quite a complement Ali. Especially as it was from GG.
What a dick!Oh!, never had one of them before. I took it as an insult.
)Lol!Oh!, never had one of them before. I took it as an insult.
I read it as a definite complement AliOh!, never had one of them before. I took it as an insult.
Lots of Bell VCU's going about. I've never heard of a bad one.Lol!
How many of us are running Bell VCUs?
It definitely wasI read it as a definite complement Ali
Ah shucks guys thanks, I've got a nice warm feeling now.It definitely was
When I do eventually get to recon the VCU sitting in my garage, I'll be happy if I do 1/2 as good a job as Alibros.
If you only do half as good a job as me you need a severe talking to. I accept I did a good job of cutting the top off and cleaning the disks but any idiot could do that. The welding on the other hand was something else. They all leaked and had to be redone at least once and were probably a little out of balance because of the dodgy welds.It definitely was
When I do eventually get to recon the VCU sitting in my garage, I'll be happy if I do 1/2 as good a job as Alibros.
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