Got a Quote for changing gears.

[Connman]

I want to go from 3.73's to a 4.10 rear gear on my 2wd. The quote was $1,450.00. Does that seem over priced or about normal?

 

[RonD]

Whats the hourly labor rate in your area?

OPEN or Limited Slip?

Generally it is 4 hours shop time + parts

Parts: ring and pinion set, bearings(5) and seals(4), ?clutch packs?

If you just want the ring and pinion changed with new pinion seal only, and no warranty, it would be much cheaper

 

[JoshT]

Have you priced out getting a used axle with that gearing to swap in?

 

[scotts90ranger]

If sticking with factory gears swapping whole axles is cheaper, that price is probably about what you could expect for a shop to do gears...

 

[Blmpkn]

I went from 3.73s to 4.10s on my old 2wd..

I personally bought a complete "kit" I guess.. Yukon duragrip LSD, gearset, and master install kit for around 750$

Labor to install was also 750$.

 

[00t444e]

Pretty high.

 

[franklin2]

I want to go from 3.73's to a 4.10 rear gear on my 2wd. The quote was $1,450.00. Does that seem over priced or about normal?

This place has listed 6 different ones, $700 each.

Model	Description	Miles	Part Grade	Stock#	US Price	Dealer Info	Dist mile
2000 Rear Axle Assembly Ford Ranger	INSTALLATION AVAILABLE	​	X​		$700​	MWD Auto Recyclers USA-AZ(Gilbert) Request_Quote 866-539-0398 Request_Insurance_Quote

Here is another place in Arizona.

2006 Rear Axle Assembly Ford Ranger

121,354​

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$400​

Legacy Auto Parts USA-AZ(Phoenix) Request_Quote 602-237-5551 Request_Insurance_Quote

 

[Shran]

Gawd. My buddy does gear setup as a side gig and charges about $200 per axle. New gears are $2-400… master install kit is probably about a hundred bucks.

I heard another shop in town charges $1000 per axle for labor, plus parts. Rip off IMO.

 

[franklin2]

I picked a 2wd 8.8 4.10 ratio axle. Apparently they had a 7.5 axle with the 4.10 ratio also. Here are all the different rear axles listed for a 2000 B3000 Mazda.


8.8" ring gear, 10" brakes (4x4), 3.55 ratio
8.8" ring gear, 9" brakes (4x2), 3.55 ratio
8.8" ring gear, 10" brakes (4x4), 3.73 ratio
8.8" ring gear, 10" brakes (4x4), 4.10 ratio
8.8" ring gear, 9" brakes (4x2), 3.73 ratio
8.8" ring gear, 9" brakes (4x2), 4.10 ratio
7.5" ring gear, 10" brakes, 3.73 ratio
7.5" ring gear, 10" brakes, 4.10 ratio
7.5" ring gear, 9" brakes, 3.73 ratio
7.5" ring gear, 9" brakes, 4.10 ratio

 

[Roert42]

If they are doing all the bearings, seals, and putting in a trac lok at the same time, it seems reasonable.

If we are just doing gears and a new crush washer it’s too much. I would think half that would be reasonable.

Is this a shop that does this kind of work regularly or just a normal job shop?

 

[sgtsandman]

It might be fair depending on what work is being done. If the entire differential is being swapped out for new parts, there is a lot of fitment, testing, installing and uninstalling being done. For that, the price might be fair. It also depends how many axles are being done. If just one, it's too high. Two, I can see it. If it's just a ring and pinion being done, with everything else staying original, it's too high, even with two axles. As long as they are keeping track of all the shims and spacers, there should be very little fitment needed to be done.

 

[cbxer55]

A friend did mine back in 2021. He also put all new bearings and seals in it, axle and pinion, as the driver's side seal was leaking. Also put all new spider gears in it, as mine were showing some wear. Cost me a whopping $1000.00. But, I bought the gears myself, and they cost me almost $400. So, yeah, in the ballpark.

Oh yeah, while he had the differential cover off, he cleaned and painted it gloss black. Installed it with chrome allen head bolts. Nice!

What I like about mine, is with both tire in the air, I can spin one good and three minutes later, they're still spinning. In opposite directions.

What's weird, is it acts like it has a posi. With only one wheel in the air, cannot spin it. Door sticker says it's a 7.5 open differential with 3.73 gears. Before he did the swap, with one wheel in the air, I could turn it.

 

[gw33gp]

When I went to 4.56 gears, it was about $1200 per axle. It was a complete rebuild including wheel bearings and seals. The front was a little more because they had to remove the differential to do the rebuild and I had a Torsen installed in the front too. I don't remember how much extra the front was.

I bought the Yukon gears and bearings. I included that in the $1200. The cost of the Torsen, which I provided, was not included in the cost of the front.

I am sure the cost would be higher now because the cost of everything has gone up.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Holy crap... if you were closer to pgh, I have a 7.5 with 4.10s I want to get rid of...

 

[Curious Hound]

Get some more quotes. I would have guessed $800-$1000