You really need to find a good, small shop owner to do repair work. A good one is cheaper than the dealer and most likely does better and quicker work.

 

Unbeleiveable! What a crock!

 

yep. even in my poe-dunk oklahoma town the local small shop (that does most of the lift/level's in town) quoted me $300 for the parts and labor with a 3 hour turn around. 10 HOURS??!! aint gonna happen.

 

Sounds like your service manager has a case of derpitis.

 

I bet someone with limited hand tools and limited mechanical experience can do it quicker than 10 hours... even including a few trips to a parts or tool store

 

It took me about 1.5 hours to throw on my level and about 2 hours to put on my readylift ucas at a different time. I also installed a 2 inch level on a buddies truck 2 weeks ago. I can say that I never had a problem with the lower strut bolt and I always take it out using a breaker bar. I usually just turn the wheel all the way towards the side I'm working on. Then I loosen the UCA bolt and hit the spindle to make it drop. Then I disconnect the swaybar link from the top (impact guns are great for this because they usually keep the link from just spinning around). Then I undo upper strut bolts and pull out the strut. It takes a little bit of magic to pull the strut out but you get it eventually. I've never had a problem with brake lines being pulled extremely tight or anything like that. Also whenever you do it it's easiest to do it one side at a time and leave the wheel on the other side. This ensures that when you jack up the control arm to get the uca bolt back in the spindle the truck doesn't tilt a lot.