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What is a decent price for shop to install R&P?

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A local shop here quoted me $250.00 to install a ring and pinion in my Dana 60. It is not installed and is stripped down, meaning, I pulled the calipers, hubs and shafts. Its sitting on my garage floor currently.

Also, my 14 bolt which is installed under the burb, install a Detroit,and 5.13 ring and pinion. $450.00.

Is this high? Been 15+yrs since I had gears installed. What do you think? This is the only shop I have called so far.

Also, I have the master install kit for the 14 bolt, and will be getting a master install kit for the Dana 60. They wanted $140.00 for a master install kit for my 60.

The price is for labor only.

Thanks in advance!!
 
Looks like $120 for Timken bearings or $85 for Koyo bearings (also a good brand, Japan not China :deal: ) for install kits from PORC.

As far as install labor, $250 is probably pretty average. I've always done these on the side and charged $150 to $250 (the IFS diffs are a lot more work, especially if you have to pull everything apart). I've done several dozen and I know that's cheaper than the shops.

Call around a bunch and get every price you can. From what I've heard prices vary a lot.
 
The Dana 60 price is good, but is the 450 the price for the just labor on the 14 bolt, seems high to me. When I was doing gears in my garage it was 150 for something like your 60, 250 for something that was installed, I would typically charge less for a 14 bolt though cause they are so easy.

At the shop we charge 275 for an out of vehicle axle and 325 for an in axle one. But that is a fully put together axle. It would be less for something like your 60 that is stripped but not much less, it doesn't take me long to take a 60 apart and put it back together again.

How about this Jeff, just do the 14 bolt by yourself, they are super easy and it will teach you some stuff about gears. When I say they are super easy I mean it. You might not even need Toms help :haha:
 
Eric, that's sounds like a good plan. I might try it. I will buy a few tools and the rest will go into other stuff for the burb. I like your plan. I think one of my concerns would be the backlash. I will borrow or purchase the tools needed. Now I have some research to do.

Thanks bud.
 
Just read a write up on pir*te. I only have a few tools that I would need. Seems like I would need a lot more tools to do this. I guess I could spend the same amount for tools as haveing it done. Then I would have more tools at least.
 
munepit said:
Just read a write up on pir*te. I only have a few tools that I would need. Seems like I would need a lot more tools to do this. I guess I could spend the same amount for tools as haveing it done. Then I would have more tools at least.
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Thats what I did with my 14. By the time I bought the tools (inch pound torque wrench, press, and dial indicator) I could have paid someone to do it. But I feel what I learned and the satisfaction of doing it myself was close to priceless. I say close because dont let anyone fool you, its easy enough to do just very time consuming. Be ready to setup, torque, check and tear down and do it all over again multiple times. But it is fun, now when I do my 60 all Ill have to buy is some setup bearings to make life a little easier. The 14ff are really really easy to do though as compared to most axles. I say do it and have fun.

And of course having the extra tools is awesome! :thumb:
 
And don't forget that there are plenty of people here (myself included) that can walk you through it if you run into difficulty :deal:
 
Thanks guys!!

I just taked to a shop that has been around a long time. $375 installed.
They can do it tomorrow morning, be done by tomorrow afternoon. That sounds good to me. What say you guys?
 
I'm kind of in the same area and I don't get axle price differences. I've heard $250-$325 per axle, from two different places. D44/14b

I'd like the do the 14b also, but am changing the casing too and doing bearings. Is this still easy or something might want to let someone else do?
 
K85 Octane said:
I'm kind of in the same area and I don't get axle price differences. I've heard $250-$325 per axle, from two different places. D44/14b

I'd like the do the 14b also, but am changing the casing too and doing bearings. Is this still easy or something might want to let someone else do?
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Still easy to do. It's always wise to throw in new bearings when one regears. Especially bc often times it's hard to get the old bearings cleanly. Again, 14's are easy, one has to understand how a properly setup hypoid gear pattern should look and being patient helps. I believe in doing things right, that means you'll need certain tools as mentioned above but once you get in there it's surprisingly easy. Although when I did mine my first time I had plently of questions but the good peeps here got me through it no problem.

Unlike many things that are done on these trucks that are time consuming there's not a ton of labor, mostly checking checking and checking.
 
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