CV gaiter replaced,whilst doing that the garage has snapped an anti roll bar link and want me to pay for it?

Ive just a CV gaiter replaced on my 10 year old car ,and whilst doing that the garage has snapped an anti roll bar link and they want me to pay for the new link and the labour involved? I asked why did it snap and they've said it was corroded and just snapped, do I have to pay for it?|||It's hardly their fault a corroded part broke. Roll bar links corrode and break all the time, and it's often hard to see if they are really corroded or not if they have a sleeve. Just pay it and quit complaining. You should probably replace all of them at this point.|||Depends...


Did they quote a definite price for the repair, or just give an estimate. - usually the latter, plus materials. In which case, they are doing just that. The alternative would be to leave the broken link and tell you to fix it, ... Thus you pay for the authorised repair and arrange to have a transporter take the car elsewhere... BUT... Who does the Maintenance - your last service report should have included the warning that the anti-roll bar link was so weak enough to snap, so there is some onus on the maintenance man..|||hi, i inspect vehicles all the time and i also repair vehicles. i did the cv boots on a golf the other month and the same thing happend to me, the anti-roll bar link arms sheard due to being old and corroded. they would of been fine and passed a MOT no problem as there was no play present but as soon as you put a spanner on them, they just shear. not really the mechanics fault as this is part of the job, he should of briefed you up and explained but then again anything could happen on a job.|||The need for a new CV boot is often only picked up during an MOT inspection. Was yours? If it was, the alleged corroded to the edge of failure roll bar linkage should also have been noted too. If it wasn't I'd argue it must have been sufficiently sound not to have just snapped at the drop of a hat.|||The drop links can easily snap if badly corroded.


The corrosion won`t show up on the mot as its usually hidden by the rubber bushes.


As the link has to be removed to replace the cv boot,you should`nt have to pay for labour.|||was the garage called kwit fit or was it an independent garage that snapped the anti roll bar