axle prices in Canada

[WmWatt]

I'm envious of the axle prices mentioned in the repair help forum by my neighbours south of the border in the USA - $50-$60. The cheapest I've found in Canada is $115 from a local rebuild shop with a lifetime warranty, plus $50 more if there is no old axle to exchange, plus 13% sales tax. NAPPA has an outlet a mile away and wants $120 with $73 more if there is no exchange. Those are the lowest quotes I found locally. I see $64 on the Interenet but was not able to get the price of shipping to Canada as it has to be done through a third party. I imagine there would also be a shipping charge for returning the old axle. (I've never bougth anything over the Internet.) The Ford dealer where I bought the car in 1989 says there was a 5 year, 100,000 km warranty on the axles. Long gone there.

Any other ideas? Am I missing something?
Thanks.

[bravekozak]

You are a candidate for an Aspire suspension upgrade.

[fastivaca]

^^ Aspire upgrade has no effect on the axles though.

As for prices I just made a couple of calls here in Calgary and was quoted $83.50 + $50.00 core at one source and $89.00 + $70.00 core at another. I also called NAPA here and their price was the same as what you were quoted. I rarely buy at NAPA because I find their prices consistently, and sometimes considerably, higher.

Had to add this... called Partsource and their price here was $89.99 + core (forgot what they said ) Check these out in your area...

Places for partsource near Ottawa, ON

1508A Merivale Road, Nepean - (613) 228-7111

1515 Bank Street, Ottawa - (613) 260-7222

1091 Saint Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa - (613) 749-2227

[WmWatt]

Thanks. I did call PartsSource but the clerk said none avialable. Don't know how far afield they look.

[villageidiot]

man, when i did my axles, they were 55 bucks, no core. brand new axles

[PhoenixSHO]

Check with rockauto , sometimes its cheaper even with shipping , we are getting hosed over here.

[fastivaca]

At least I don't have to pay any PST or HST !

[WmWatt]

Thanks for the online lead. Here is what I found.

$116.84 Rockauto $40.13 + $40.25 core + $36.44 shipping
to get the core refund I'd have to pay to ship
Google search of "Rockauto Canada" finds info on taxes, fees

$75.37 Autopartsaway.ca $73.03 + $2.34 insurance, ships from Canada
no core charge, no return of old part

$76.95 Autopartsonline.com ships from Canada, free shipping over $75
no core charge, no return of old part

[WmWatt]

Correction to above message...

AutoPartsWAY.ca I misspelled it above. They also ship orders over $75 free.

Assume includes core charge. The website says it tell you if there is a refund for exchange of old part when order is placed but I haven't got that far yet. Same may be true for Autopartsonline.com.

AutopartsWAY will accept offline orders by mail and gives mailing address in Toronto.