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Originally Posted by k-dog
Mine went catastrophically wrong about 10 days ago. I didn't have any warning - just pulled out of a parking space and it went bang - although my wife told me later that there was a horrible grinding noise a few days before but it went away after a few minutes - I'm assuming that was the shoes disintegrating.
Needed everything. Local kwik-fit type place that it happened outside of quoted £1600 and that they wouldn't bother with the value of the car (2001 v70 2.4(170)SE with 80k).
Took it to the independent I usually use and he said it would be £998 including all new Volvo parts. Managed to get the hub casting and backplate for £72 all in so I'm down to about £500.
Not great but a whole lot better than £1600!
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Yes, if you can get used parts cheap enough it is a relatively quick and easy task to do yourself stripping the old off and reassembling the new.
It still sounds as though you are being charged an awful lot for labour if your bill is £500.
Darryl