Quick Question....

War-Jeeper · Feb 6, 2007

How hard is it to replace a rear diffrential's internals? Never done it before and my neighbor uproached me today asking if i could, seems how they were estimated at 1800 dollars to do it at a shop:haha:

SO ive rebuilt a tranny but never a diff what all does it entail and about how hard and long will it take?

Glenn · Feb 6, 2007

War-Jeeper said:
How hard is it to replace a rear diffrential's internals? Never done it before and my neighbor uproached me today asking if i could, seems how they were estimated at 1800 dollars to do it at a shop:haha:

SO ive rebuilt a tranny but never a diff what all does it entail and about how hard and long will it take?

Kinda depends on what rear dif it is, don't you think?

crash2 · Feb 6, 2007

Depends on what sam. And you really don't want somebody elses to be your first :;

Hip · Feb 6, 2007

depends on what rear end or diff. it requires a dial indicator, press and good mechanical ability but its not hard to do. if you can succesfully rebuild a transmission you should be fine.:redneck:

Hip · Feb 6, 2007

crash said:
Depends on what sam. And you really don't want somebody elses to be your first :;

i think he means dana or 14 bolt, toyota, 9 inch. big difference in time.

Hip · Feb 6, 2007

crash said:
Depends on what sam. And you really don't want somebody elses to be your first :;

and what mike said. you might not want to do someone elses as your first, unless he is a real good friend and even then....

Boxxerace · Feb 6, 2007

Your talking about Mike's (or Alex's) project Samganghy?

14 bolt is pretty easy. Many others are not and use gay shims to tension the bearings load. For the pressing of new bearings, I went to Cleary's on 99. Cost about 15$. Action auto is closer for you though, same hourly rates.

P.S. I have a dial and a few tools if your going to mess with your neighbors crap.

:cheer:

War-Jeeper · Feb 6, 2007

Boxxerace said:
Your talking about Mike's (or Alex's) project Samganghy?

14 bolt is pretty easy. Many others are not and use gay shims to tension the bearings load. For the pressing of new bearings, I went to Cleary's on 99. Cost about 15$. Action auto is closer for you though, same hourly rates.

P.S. I have a dial and a few tools if your going to mess with your neighbors crap.

:cheer:

Nope Todd and Annette's Ford Exploder (lol) its got an 8.8 rear end....does that narrow my question down a bit. I would practice on my own ranger first but i drive it everday and it doesnt need it lol

Boxxerace · Feb 6, 2007

Sorry, nevermind. My tools don't work on Fords.

uke:

Cascade_Crawler · Feb 6, 2007

Ive done it - not to hard. patience and attention to detail is what it really comes down to. I wouldn't suggest learning on your neighbors vehical though...

NotMatt · Feb 6, 2007

Cascade_Crawler said:
Ive done it - not to hard. patience and attention to detail is what it really comes down to. I wouldn't suggest learning on your neighbors vehical though...

x2. It's not something you want to learn working on someone else's rig... there's a reason why the estimate they got was so high, takes some special tools and a lot of patience to do it right. I have done a few D44's, D30's, Ford 9's and Toyota diffs, and I still don't feel completely comfortable having someone pay me to set gears up.

War-Jeeper · Feb 6, 2007

Boxxerace said:
Sorry, nevermind. My tools don't work on Fords.

uke:

Dangit lol

War-Jeeper · Feb 6, 2007

NotMatt said:
x2. It's not something you want to learn working on someone else's rig... there's a reason why the estimate they got was so high, takes some special tools and a lot of patience to do it right. I have done a few D44's, D30's, Ford 9's and Toyota diffs, and I still don't feel completely comfortable having someone pay me to set gears up.

Mmmkk, but still 1800 bucks jeez. Does anybody have a clue on where i could suggest them to go and get a cheaper price then?

Boxxerace · Feb 6, 2007

Buy Brand NEW 8.8" ford from aftermarket for that. Installing axles is Easy!

Cascade_Crawler · Feb 6, 2007

Where did they go sam? Randys?

War-Jeeper · Feb 6, 2007

Cascade_Crawler said:
Where did they go sam? Randys?

Im not sure it was at some shop that did the brakes for them and noticed it felt sloppy so they pulled the cover off and found it was about shot, i personally would like to look for myself and see how bad it looks in there or if they are just giving them crap

War-Jeeper · Feb 6, 2007

Boxxerace said:
Buy Brand NEW 8.8" ford from aftermarket for that. Installing axles is Easy!

But how much $$$$ would that cost?

KarlVP · Feb 6, 2007

War-Jeeper said:
But how much $$$$ would that cost?

A junkyard rear end for an explorer 8.8 is 400 to 500 complete.

CrustyJeep · Feb 6, 2007

Maybe you could offer to do the axle R&R and haul it in to a shop for the gear work. You get a few hours labor, and they get gear work done by a pro. Should be able to get a full diff rebuild on the bench for under $300 labor easy.

War-Jeeper · Feb 6, 2007

CrustyJeep said:
Maybe you could offer to do the axle R&R and haul it in to a shop for the gear work. You get a few hours labor, and they get gear work done by a pro. Should be able to get a full diff rebuild on the bench for under $300 labor easy.

Hmm thats a good idea, but first i need to find a good shop that does it for cheap

Anybody know where?