# Axle boots

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-boots/37776>\
**Category:** Buying/Selling\
**Tags:** selling, beetle, volkswagen\
**Created:** [October 8, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-boots/37776 "2009-10-08T02:17:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![MissCali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MissCali](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MissCali)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-boots/37776/1 "2009-10-08T02:17:18Z")

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I WANTED TO KNOW IF I PAID TOO MUCH MONEY ON REPAIRING MY FAR. I NEEDED BOTH AXLE REPLACE AND AND 1 PAD. THE TOTAL FOR THE AXLE WERE 295.00 THE PAD WAS 90.00 BUT HE CHARGED ME 240.OO FOR LABOR AND ANOTHER 40 FOR THE LABOR OF THE PAD… TOTAL 702.00

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/axle-boots/37776/2 "2009-10-08T04:23:27Z")

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It is a little hard to tell from your description, but I think you had both front axles replaced ( probably with rebuilt axles ) and a front brake job. If that’s what happened I don’t see anything wrong with the price.