Ulysse Hello and help please

[Flin456]

Morning,
I've been registered with the forum but this is my first pos so first of all hello!

I'm after a bit of advice please.

I have a 2000 mk1 2.0 16v petrol Ulysse.

For a while now my ABS has been acting up, when I looked at it I noticed the ABS cog sensor (not sure of the technical name) had cracked and was moving around the piece of the wheel it was attached to. Great I thought a nice easy fix as I've seen these on the web for under a tenner, I'll get round to fixing that soon.
Then this week the wheel bearing on the same wheel started making un healthy noises, I took the car to my local garage and asked for a price to replace the bearing and the ABS sensor.
The mechanic told me that to replace the ABS cog I would need to buy a new CV joint as this was part with the ABS cog on.

To replace the CV joint (with the ABS cog) and the wheel bearing would cost £250.

I have 2 questions,

1) Is it possible to replace just the ABS cog as the CV joint is fine?
2) If the CV joint does need replacing is £250 a reasonable price to pay?

Many thanks for your help and sorry for the first long post.

Joe

 

[FRANTIC FRAN]

Well I just replaced the ring on mine, got it off eBay for about £7. Heat it up in the oven, clean up the drive shaft and tap it home.

But maybe you should just look for a replacement strut, probably get the lot for about £50.

 

[cliky]

Well I just replaced the ring on mine, got it off eBay for about £7. Heat it up in the oven, clean up the drive shaft and tap it home.

But maybe you should just look for a replacement strut, probably get the lot for about £50.

When I had my Mk1 I replaced all the front end running gear with new from eBay:
2 Drive shafts
2 Brake Discs
2 Wish Bones
2 Struts
2 ABS Sensors
2 Wheel bearings
(Kept the Old Springs)

If memory served me right it cast me less that £300 (about 3 years ago) and it took me a full day.
I took my hubs to my local garage to have the wheel bearings pressed out and new inserted and he charged me £10 for each.

what a difference it made!

I would replace the entire shaft rather than just the ring it's quicker and easier!
Driveshaft:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-SCUD...arts_SM&fits=Model:Ulysse&hash=item461a42b891

Wheel bearing aren't that expensive!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/F-Wheel-B...arts_SM&fits=Model:Ulysse&hash=item2c704ca37e

You can expect your garage to charge you around £40-£60 P/H labour so the £250 isn't to bad.
However you'll be paying top dollar for parts!
Try asking for a fitting price only and get the parts yourself.
you might be surprised at the difference.

 

[Flin456]

Thanks for the replies, they've certainly got me thinking about doing it myself.

If I was to replace the wishbones and driveshafts myself and take the hubs to a garage for the bearings to be done, would I need any specialist tools? I do my own servicing and can replace brake pads and discs etc but not ventured into anything like this before.. Any advice?

Thanks
Joe

 

[cliky]

Thanks for the replies, they've certainly got me thinking about doing it myself.

If I was to replace the wishbones and driveshafts myself and take the hubs to a garage for the bearings to be done, would I need any specialist tools? I do my own servicing and can replace brake pads and discs etc but not ventured into anything like this before.. Any advice?

Thanks
Joe

No special tools required, although a Big socket and long bar required for the wheel bearings and torque wrench for setting the torques of the bearings.

 

[FRANTIC FRAN]

And I've found some of the nuts to be 35 and some 36mm so buy both to be certain.

A quality ball joint splitter just in case too.

 

[Flin456]

Thanks for the help guys, I think it's DIY is definitely the way to go.

Cheers
Joe