Dave1647545494 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 for that much money they could hang a used low mile salvage axle under it and call it a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Atlas Automotive: 614-233-5207 Im always gonna suggest them http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40465 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMess Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 So i asked the guy what his labor rate is and he said it ranged from 80-110 per hour. I said then how in the world are you charging me 135.00 per hour? His reply was he has a gas bill to pay, insurance, and many other expenses so he is going to charge me what he wants. He pretty much said he has my truck tore apart and unless I give he what he says my truck will sit there. I've lost all respect for the man and the shop. He couldn't even sit down and have a civilized conversation about the situation without changing the subject. I guess I learned the hard way its better to shop around like AJ said. Thanks again for everyones input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hal Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Call the AG office. What did you sign for the shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMess Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I signed giving them permission to remove, disassemble and diagnosis the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 So i asked the guy what his labor rate is and he said it ranged from 80-110 per hour. I said then how in the world are you charging me 135.00 per hour? His reply was he has a gas bill to pay, insurance, and many other expenses so he is going to charge me what he wants. He pretty much said he has my truck tore apart and unless I give he what he says my truck will sit there. I've lost all respect for the man and the shop. He couldn't even sit down and have a civilized conversation about the situation without changing the subject. I guess I learned the hard way its better to shop around like AJ said. Thanks again for everyones input. pay him his teardown fee and tow it out of there.(yes it can be done) whats the name of this shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Automotive Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 pay him his teardown fee and tow it out of there.(yes it can be done) whats the name of this shop? ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMess Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Findlay Transmission. I was gonna take it today but they tore the axle's out of it so i dunoo how i could tow it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 i good tow truck driver can sling it out of there.(towing it from the rear). and drop it in the bay of a different shop (had many towed in this way before) get you a used rear end from a junk yard. and go buy some brake shoes and hardware. and find a shop that will install above parts.(should still be 5.9 hours)and make sure you get all your parts from this other shop before you leave . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Its gonna be a lot of money to have about any shop do the job. Its kinda labor intensive and requires skill and some tools to do properly. I've done them, but I still haven't had the experience to try one on someone elses vehicle. Getting the gears set up properly is key to making sure it will last. I'd suggest finding the best warranty you can get since its an expensive job and there is a lot of room for error on the installers part. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Its gonna be a lot of money to have about any shop do the job. Its kinda labor intensive and requires skill and some tools to do properly. I've done them, but I still haven't had the experience to try one on someone elses vehicle. Getting the gears set up properly is key to making sure it will last. I'd suggest finding the best warranty you can get since its an expensive job and there is a lot of room for error on the installers part. Evan there not hard at all. i wouldn't mind doing more of them since there such cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Its gonna be a lot of money to have about any shop do the job. Its kinda labor intensive and requires skill and some tools to do properly. I've done them, but I still haven't had the experience to try one on someone elses vehicle. Getting the gears set up properly is key to making sure it will last. I'd suggest finding the best warranty you can get since its an expensive job and there is a lot of room for error on the installers part. Evan not really that bad. it sucks if you dont come close to your pinion depth the first time. (if you dont have the depth tool) but really not all that bad. gears do tend to scare most tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Yeah probably easy once you do them a few times. I'm just pointing out that its not as easy as swapping the bearings and driving away. Setting the gears requires precise alignment that takes a few trys to get right so a shops gotta charge for some of that. Now I suppose it would be pretty easy if only the bearings were damaged, but when the tolerances in the thousandths of inchs I'd be checking those gears very carefully for bad wear. Especially since he's driven the poor thing with it locking up. In the 4x4 world we find the #1 reason for diff failure is due to improper set up of the gears so we tend to be very cautious when doing gear swaps. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 chances are dude doesnt even know what he is doing. so getting the junkyard rearend at this point is his best and cheapest bet!to bad he made the 400 mistake of taking it there first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badasskylark Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Get a used rear axle. My buddys went out on his Dakota and he picked one up for $175. We had the old one out of the truck and the new one installed in about 2 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Its not really convienent though even in columbus to just find a dodge ram rear end quickly. I only say that because when I did 2 rear end swaps one ford one dodge it was a waiting game before they could be found with the correct gear ratio , brakes etc. They were not cheap either. I think in his case its just a expensive fix but only by a couple hundred dollors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMess Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Yea I had trouble finding a rear end here also. It's been 2 weeks already without a vehicle so I had to bite the bullet and pay.... O well thats life and another lesson learned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMess Posted February 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 chances are dude doesnt even know what he is doing. so getting the junkyard rearend at this point is his best and cheapest bet!to bad he made the 400 mistake of taking it there first. Figured I would update you guys. Decided to come home for the weekend and when merging from 270 to 70 I hear a whine. Next thing u know I have to drive 40-50mph. Yes you called it the rear took a shit on me. Everytime I let off the gas or hit a certain rpm it whines and clunks like you could not believe. It got to the point where it actually started to hurt me ears. Only problem now is that i'm 200 miles away and not sure if it will make it back to the shop.Tow's around $550.00 and shop owner wont pay. Will the gears eventually just get torn apart and the truck will not move or do you think theres a change of making it 200 miles under its own power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 sounds like he really knew what he was doing. it might make it back if you take it easy on it. the worst that can happen is you have to have it towed back so i would drive as close as you can so you don't have a $550 tow bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stolen 5.0 Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 Becare driving it, I wouldn't go really fast. If your not changing gear ratio's. swapping out differentialns and/or bearings shouldn't take more than 3 hours if you know what your doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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