I can install them as well. However, I want them to last 100K + miles.

 

? if they are set up right then theyll last unless you just abuse ****.

 

Thast what Im saying too. I would rather pay for it to be done right.

 

neither would i, i had a friend set-up mine

 

then figure around $500, your going to pay for quality work.

 

I work at a rearend shop and we charge 250 labor for rear and 300 labor for a front end.

 

i only paid 100 and LEARNED how to do it. so yeah ill start to do my own gear swap/diff swap. if you know how to set it up, then do it. save some cash and get a Tru-Trac while you are at it.

i pressed my own bearing off my 3:42 pinon gear and used those shims. i think pressed a new bearing on to the pinon and set it the pinon up with new bearings and a seal. i think checked the shims to set the carrier gear wear, and the back lash. then finished it up.

 

Thread Back from the dead.
I am also intrested in doing this, what brands of gears are for out truck? Front and rear.
I'm a little concerned about changing out the front gears...

 

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they come in all price ranges, from cheapo to quality gears, just depends on what your wanting to spend.

 

im running Yukon gears. i like them, but im not going to reuse them. if i ever upgrade to a factory offered gear then id go with OEM gears. no noise at all