Re gear cost $$
- Thread starter Aloy
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WJCO
Meme King
Is that parts and labor? If so, that seems reasonable to me.
Aloy
Member
Yes
Aloy
Member
Wow thanks
Aloy
Member
What do you mean?. I heard that work takes most 2 hours if they know what they are doing
Spazbyt
Hooked
Well, you have been misled once again it seems.
WJCO
Meme King
I can't imagine a mechanic that does gears all day and every day doing a regear on even one axle in two hours.
Disciple Off Road
Hooked
Absolutely not true. Speed doesn’t mean you are doing it right. We also quote 6 hours per axle. Sometimes you can get a good setup within two adjustments or sometimes they take more time to get right. I have also heard guys say “it’s close enough” when setting them up, you don’t want that.
If all goes smooth (don’t find any other issues), we can usually do a full set of gears in about 7-9 hours. I also take my time as any small oversight can be trouble.
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WJCO
Meme King
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
Where are you located? Location is a big factor.
Aloy
Member
What’s the cost ?
duktrx
Active Member
In May I just had a full regear and rear ARB install done at a local shop, $1000 cash in labor. In December when they found the mysterious clunking in my rear diff, they couldn't find a set of gears for me, so they let me source my own parts. The guy who did my work said it was the easiest gear install he had done in a long time. The original quote was $1500, said a lot of guys want Yukon, but they are a PIA to get right as they tend to whine a lot.
I did some research and heard good things about Carbon gears, so I called Ron at Carbon Offroad and chatted. I decided to go with Carbon and ordered gears, 35 spline rear axles, and the matching ARB locker.
If I knew Disciple Off Road sold Carbon, I would have given him a call.
Carbon drills out the holes in the locker for the larger gear bolts and presses the bearings on the axles, so less labor for my local shop. I ran the stainless airline from my compressor to the rear axle. These guys also rebuilt the transmission in my 1997 Ram 2500, my wife's VW TDI transmission, and I sent a neighbor there to build his axles for his K5 Blazer. All this may have helped lower my out the four cost.
I did some research and heard good things about Carbon gears, so I called Ron at Carbon Offroad and chatted. I decided to go with Carbon and ordered gears, 35 spline rear axles, and the matching ARB locker.
If I knew Disciple Off Road sold Carbon, I would have given him a call.
Carbon drills out the holes in the locker for the larger gear bolts and presses the bearings on the axles, so less labor for my local shop. I ran the stainless airline from my compressor to the rear axle. These guys also rebuilt the transmission in my 1997 Ram 2500, my wife's VW TDI transmission, and I sent a neighbor there to build his axles for his K5 Blazer. All this may have helped lower my out the four cost.