I brought the spare driveshaft over to a shop close by work to have them press a new u joint into the slip-yoke.

The service writer spent almost 20 minutes looking up how to write the ticket and eventually gave up and said "$30 labor, no parts because you brought the replacement u-joint with you". I said "sold."

About 3 hrs later, the service manager calls and says "alldata says I need to charge you 1.5hrs labor to do that one u-joint."

I told him alldata's numbers include R&R, and as I came by part in hand, R&R isn't required. He said "it doesn't matter, that's what we have to charge you." I said "have you started the work yet?" he said "nope" I said "don't, I'll be over in 20 min to get it."

They must really have not wanted to do a u-joint.

Time to break out the BFH I guess.

Use a vise if you can

You should have seen the Toyota dealership service center when I brought them just the axle shafts to press on and off new bearings (which I also brought). Still had to give them the VIN # but they ended up charging for Misc. labor since their computer for that job insisted several hours more. Even funnier was when they called to say my vehicle was ready (which was 100 miles away) and that they washed it.