Upper & Lower Ball Joint Replacement

I dropped my 97' 4WD Tahoe off for a state inspection today. I get a call at work that the passenger side upper and lower ball joints were very loose, they said the other side was ok. I had them replace the upper and lower ball joint. They charged me $225 for the ball joint replacement. My question is did I get shafted on this? I'm still at work, so I haven't seen the break down on the bill. Just wanted to know if this sounds in the ball park before I go in and start asking questions about the price. Thanks for any info.

Price is very fair. BTW, in NYS ball joints are not part of the safety inspection.

Price is very fair. BTW, in NYS ball joints are not part of the safety inspection.


I live in Virginia, and I didn't think ball joints are part of the inspection either, but I'm glad they picked it up. Thanks for the input.

I'll second the price being fair. I've not heard of a ball joint replacement being that cheap in a long time myself.

I know here in Canada the ball joints are part of the safety inspection. The price on the ball joints are about $30 to $40 each. (U.S.) The upper is the chape of the 2. And on the shop labour it about 1.2hrs. to do both. So I think your in good for a price. Cheers to you!~