I just got a price on : New 4.56 gears ,eaton trutraks front and rear, misc. parts, and labor . $2700 ? Sound a little high to me . $840 just for labor. I wish I could do it myself . I just dont know if i could tackly that . Doing the lift one thing . Gears??? what cha think guys?

 

That is not a HORRIBLE price but it is kinda high.

Id say 2k-2.5k is the most id pay for PARTS and INSTALL.

Its not Impossible for you to do it but theres certain tools you will need.

Are they offering a warranty? If not then id go someplace else

 

Well, I just paid $1400 OTD for a eaton truetrac, full install kit with bearings,new axle seals, 4qts royal purple, labor, and taxes. I reused the 3.73 gears. Id say your deal is a steal if your doing both front and rear for that price.

 

Yes its both front and rear. and like you said full install kit . Not sure about royal purple ? lol probally not . Let me ask you this ? How do you like your trutrac??

 

There's alot of labor invloved in doing the front. The front axle assmebly has to be removed from the truck.......which means REMOVING the lift-kit. Are they aware of that?? Was that included in their estimate?? Unless.....there's enough clearance for the diff to come out with the axle still in place (doubtfull). Maybe someone else can confirm? I was wondering that when I installed my lift.......cause I really wasn't looking foward to doing that again.

Also what gears are they using? If they are using high quality gears with full install kits, that's not a bad price at all. To install Auburn Ected lockers, front and rear, I had estimated it would cost $2500 in parts just to do it myself.

 

The truetrac is great and the royal purple gear oil is great, I dont know what you have against it. I can feel a huge difference in ride quality with the truetrac, Ive yet to test it off road, but I will soon......

 

Oh , I have nothing against Royal purple . I just said there probally not including that in their price .

 

True, they'll prob try to tac on the extra 13 a bottle at the end....prob about 8 or so bottles for the whole truck.

 

if you drop the front differential yourself, and reinstall it, you will save a bit of coin. if you have another vehicle, I'd drop the rear axle as well, and take everything to them, and let them regear the differentials. then, i would reinstall everything myself. you should save yourself a good amount of money that way, if you're mechanically inclined...

 

06 Sandstone,
That price seems a little up there. I suggest shopping around some more.
I regeared from 3.31's to 4.10's in my '02 -150. front and rear gears, install kits, and a Detroit trutrac for the rear was around 1100. i did the install and setup myself under a carport. Not the best place in the world to do such a job, but i gots it done. I already had a few tools, but had to get the essentials to do the job right. 33,000+ miles and the only trouble that i had was my own mistake: I did not use sealant around the outside of the pinion seal, and it sprang a leak while i was driving cross country.
But like i said, that $ 2700.00 seems a little pricey. I smell smoke, so look for them coals you're about to get raked over.
-Just my $.02-

 

its not that hard of an install to do yourself. You need specialized tools, and you need plenty of patience. You need to be exact, double check, triple check, etc etc every measurment you take. Right everything down so you don't forget. There are a ton of write-ups online that will give you the general idea of how its done. I would think you could get er done yourself. If you do, let me know. I can see what I can dig up on the subject to help ya out.

That said, I think the estimate you got was about spot on. You don't need to remove your lift, just the dif (skid plate, and mounting bolts) its not that hard, but could be time consuming. The master install for JUST your rear, is over $300 IIRC, + the true-trac, + gears, plus labor, it adds up.

 

Im sorry , I havent really read up on the install. I just asummed it would be to hard . What special tool would I need?

 

http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billav...structions.pdf

That'll get you started, it's the same install manual that came with my gears. Not rocket science but if you're not precise you'll chew up your new gears.

 

Yeah , After reading some of that. I think I'll leave it to someone who knows what there doing.

 

Another option is to get in on the good side of some guys from a local 4x4 club. I'm installing my own (gear install virgin myself) but have great friends from my club who are going to help. Throw a gear install bbq or something, provide some cold brew, some hot burgers etc