hey all, im "thinking" about regearing my rig, but what are some of the better quaility brands ? i only want to pay for this "once" and any good shops in town ? and about how much would it cost to install ?
Ric

 

Superior gears, richmond, anything from Bobby Long thats cryo treated...stay away from Genuine

 

i haven't had a problem with my Yukon's, and i beat the crap out of them

 

For Toyotas, getting real V-6 gears is some times hard and Precision and Yukon the best. Cut at the same place by the same folks.

I would call Slee, ORS and Alatao Auto here in Colorado.

Drive in, drive out service for just gears, no lockers, expect around 2 grand.

If you invite us to your place to pull the diffs and just drop those, plan around 350 in labor per diff.

Gears at around 200 per diff, MIK's at around 120 per diff.

Get all the stuff from the place the does the install. The first two places listed do not look fondly on installing stuff you got elsewhere.

 

stay away from the genuine gears....

 

ok thankx for the replies guys, i really think i want to do this, and she wants it done also, so we will see.
thankx again.
Ric

 

US Gear

 

Just get a supercharger!

 

If you do wanna pull the diffs before hand, to save some $ in install labor, I would be willing to come over to your place and give you a hand. Would also give me a chance to see your fancy new bumper.

 

No stop moding your truck and give me the money to mod mine so i can catch up....!!!

But we could pull them and get them done but i am sure we can find some one who can help us install them i don' think its too hard. What size are you going with?
4.88 or 5.29?

B

 

The only prob with Yukon is they tend to rebadge gears and sell other companies gears under the Yukon name...look at Bamachems front (I think maybe rear) gears are diff then his other ones even tho they're both Yukons. They had a prob a little while back with some of the gears they sold ended up being crappy genuines or made overseas ones.

 

That much? whats the turn around time for something like that? I'd expect around a grand, but 2......maybe for the bay being taken up?

 

Ric, hey man check out porc (performance offroad center) you can order your gears from them and i know a guy who will do the gears for pretty cheap. Let me know if you want to get in contact with him and see what he can do. He did mine for a decent price....with labor (dropping the truck off) and all the parts...it was somewhere around $900.

 

it's mostly labor. for all the work of pulling the diffs, stripping them, setting the gears, checking the pattern and adjusting, and re-installing. pretty labor and skill-intensive...

 

i know its intensive labor, but i figured it would be around 2-300 per diff. but now calculating the gears, master gear kit and what not, thats probably right. maybe a little high, but still.

 

thanklx for the replies and input guys, keep them coming.

Digger33,
that would be great, shoot me a pm with his name and number. have you had any problems ?

 

No problems at all. They have been in since may. I dont think i will have any problems either. He has been a toyota mechanic for like 16 years, and has done many many of the tacoma gear installs in colorado. You should just wait until you see he tacoma and his wife's runner. Tacoma is solid axle, almost like a crawler. His wife's runner was on 39's for a while. He's a good guy and stands by his work too.

 

ill get the number later tonight for ya ric, i have to find it.