Loose Nose Gear Repair & Ram-Air Door Seal Repair

[Caesar 15]

My local mechanic fixed my loose nose gear….the steering was a little squirrelly on landing. He said two rod ends were worn out and rigged incorrectly.  He charged me for 32 hrs of labor.  What is a reasonable amount of labor to fix this problem?

Also, he replaced the seal around the ram air intake door.  What’s a reasonable cost and/or labor time to fix this?  7.2 hrs of labor seems excessive to me. 
 

Thanks for any input you can offer.

-Brad

[Shadrach]

On 9/16/2022 at 7:46 PM, Caesar 15 said:

My local mechanic fixed my loose nose gear….the steering was a little squirrelly on landing. He said two rod ends were worn out and rigged incorrectly.  He charged me for 32 hrs of labor.  What is a reasonable amount of labor to fix this problem?

Also, he replaced the seal around the ram air intake door.  What’s a reasonable cost and/or labor time to fix this?  7.2 hrs of labor seems excessive to me. 
 

Thanks for any input you can offer.

-Brad

I don’t want to second guess what someone else did without the whole story, maybe there is additional items you’re not understanding.

The above being said, I should hope it did not take 4 full work days to replace a ram air gasket and two nose gear rod ends. Perhaps if you posted the bill it might reveal additional information.  I’m pretty sure that I could replace all three gear legs with overhauled units in a single day and most aviation maintenance pros could work circles around me.

[N201MKTurbo]

I can remove a steering horn in about an hour. About the same to put it back in  Removing the SS cover in the center of the firewall makes it much easier.

[Caesar 15]

Thanks guys. This is what I was looking for. 

[Joshua Blackh4t]

My mechanic did the ram air seal at the last annual and I didn't get an individual price, but he didn't mention it as difficult. Sounds excessive, but there might be more to the story.

[Jpravi8tor]

I have recently changed my ram air seal and could see where a  maintenance shop owner would charge a minimum of 2 hours to change the seal.