$2000 dollar Ring & Pinion??

[AutumnOrangeGt]

I posted a thread about blowing my trans earlier. Turns out my rear end is shot. The dealer is telling me my axles are ok, the housing is ok, but my stock 3:27 gears are in pieces and its gonna be $2000 for parts and labor to fix!! Am i crazy or is that price WAY over the top?

 

[crew_dawg16]

WOW, are you sure your differential doesn't have to be replaced also? Even then, that is about $1,300 for labor seeing as a Diff. should cost somewhere around $400-$500 and gears around $160.

Edit: Does that include the tranny??

 

[302 coupe]

tell the dealer to shove it! You could get a 31 spline trac lok, 4.10's, 31 spline axles, and c-clip eliminators for half that much-installed.

 

[AutumnOrangeGt]

No tranny work ,just the rearend. I think when I heard the quote my brain froze, so i cant remember if the diff is part of this mess.

 

[KronicRacer]

sounds like the diff got trashed in addition to the rearend gears. sounds over the top pricey to me even with the diff

 

[dmarco_4u]

i got a friend here in va selling 8.8 WITH 3.73 GEARS AND SOUTHSIDE MACHINE LCA for 350!! pm me

 

[new22003]

Damn a lot of people are getting raped on rear ends lately.

You can buy a used one at stangparts and have it shipped for less than half that. Try a local salvage yard or rebuild shop. I had a complete 8.8 rebuilt for under $500 .

 

[XtorT'r]

Damn a lot of people are getting raped on rear ends lately. QUOTE]


I just thought I would be the first to point out how bad that sounds.

 

[stangman]

holy no lube butt rape batman that is friggin outrageous

go to a speedshop & have them take care of it. should be around $500 for the gears & install (add about $100 on top of that for a speedcal, if you a get non stock gear ratio)

 

[YardSpecial]

lot of people are getting raped on rear ends lately...........

So very true, maybe I need to open my own shop soon..........

So I can rape some too !!

 

[99SCGT]

IT IS THE FACTORY FORD PARTS THAT ARE EXPENSIVE. COMPARE THE FORD RING AND PINION TO THE FORD MOTORSPORT RING AND PINION, HUGE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE. WHATS BAD IS THEY MORE THAN LIKELY COME FROM THE SAME PLANT. NORMALLY AFTERMARKET IS LESS EXPENSIVE.

 

[70stangcoupe]

Fawking Crazy! I'd tell them to shove it so far...

 

[PerformanceRed]

That's just ONE MORE REASON to have the ESP Extended Warranty. You would save the $2,000 if you had it. How many miles on your GT?