ok just got my gears in today and im NO WAY taking them to a SHOP...i know me and my bro can do this 2gether cause he did his for his 74 vett...ok i know i need a rebulid kit from auto zone or o rielly to do this!!! so now what do i do!!! just drop the rear end out of the car!! then un bolt all that **** then take out the ring and pinion and replace it with the new ones...then all tht crap with everything else.....also i belive i have to get my pcm reprogrammed for the gears....if so please tell me where i could get it done....i live in sugar land on Highway 6 south!!!
thanks

 

dude, yiou have to check clearances, run out's, shim that stuff, etc.. very delicate work, & by the sounsd of it "that $hit" you aren't delicate if you want to put it together & destroy it in 50 miles then sure slap it together

 

Take it to a shop if you want it done right.

 

ok just got my 3.73 gears and i cant find a place to do my gears cheaper than 400-500 bucks....and those shops are asking that much just for the SWAP!!! and no reprogramming my computer....well i live in Sugar land, Tx on Highway 6 south!!! and i need to find a cheap shop that will do both!!!!
please let me know thanks
randy

 

Well.. if you really want to do it.... it'll cost you a Min. of $200 in just measuring tools to set the gears up properly.. and even then it's a PROJECT!!...

I would NOT recommend that anyone do it who doesn't have extensive close-tolerence mechanic experience.. namely rebuilding Transmissions/engines/other axles...

 

Putting a ring and pionion in a car is alot of work. Even more on Gm housings. You will need a press and the tools to check play and the depth of the pionion. I been doing cars for along time. I rebuild engines, Transmissions, about every part of the car. I have the tools to rebuild rear ends (press $400-depth gauges $1000) and It still is a pain in the a$$. If your lucky. You will only have to take the pinion gear out once. But usually to get the correct depth and run, you will have it out about 4 or 5 times. And every time you take the pinion gear out to change the shim you need to press off the bearing and press it back on. If you never have done rears or havent done a few. I Do NOT recommend doing it. Pay someone. If it costs you 400.00 so be it. How much is it to replace the rear if it blows up in a week because the gear wasnt set properly. Usually when you blow the rear, it eats the bearings and carrier up as well.

 

go to Pyle Brothers!!! baytown tx

 

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh....baytown is sorta far, but how much would it cost to do everything and do you have a number?

 

Not to steal this thread or anything but I have a question. I had gears put in my car (for $150 proffesionally) and everything is setup right, but after I drove my car for a while, my pinion bearing come lose from the pinion (spinning when its supposed to be pressed). It ate the shim up and I took it back and he fixed it, but the bearing has come loose again!! There is nothing more annoying than a bad pinion bearing whining in your ear all the time. Should I just be able to replace the shim and press a new bearing on there and it should fix it?

Benji

 

wherre in the hell did you get it done for 150?

 

a gear install is not the place to cut corners......spend the $$$ with someone who knows what he is doing....my 4.10 install was quoted on a job basis.....good thing, 9am-4pm......but the important thing is they are right....and at $200.00

 

If you lived up here I could get it done for you for like $125. You just have to know people I guess. But there are numerous places around me that will do them for a hell of a lot cheaper than $400.

Benji