04Blue281

I have been calling/looking around the Kansas City, Missouri area trying to find someone that is EXPERIENCED with installing/setting up rear-end gears. I got my 4.10:1 Ford Racing gears today (along with a Motive Force installation kit complete with bearings/seals/shims and all fluids needed).

The ONLY people that I've found that say they have done this kind of job is the Ford Dealers --- and they want $500+ to do the job. I did find a local shop that would do the work for approximately $275, but NOBODY in the shop has actually done this job --- my car would be the first (no thanks!).

I really thought that $300 would be enough to budget for this job. What do I do? Where do I go?

SXGT

go to the dealer ship and offer one of the guys there 275$ to do the job "off the clock" at your place or something.

VistaBlueFrank68

4:10 ooch gas consumption is going to go up but you're gonna squeal like a pig when you floor it. If a hack screws it up, it will whine and it will drive you nuts. Check around for speed shops.

04Blue281

Have you actually seen how this job is done and exactly what work is involved? I seriously doubt that anyone that has done it is going to come over to my house and do the job in my driveway!!

Thanks anyways.... no harm in trying!!

04Blue281

Gas consumption isn't a concern (although I don't think this gearing will make that big of a difference anyway).

That's a BIG part of the reason WHY I'm looking to find a shop that has someone EXPERIENCED in installing the gears --- properly setting bearing preload and gear backlash.

04Blue281

Bottom line --- 5 hours of labor at roughly $100 per hour = $500. That seems a bit excessive (to me) for this job.

But, that is what the local Ford dealers want. If that is what it takes to get the job done RIGHT, then I guess I'll "bite the bullet" and pay the price.

Still hoping someone will come up with a better suggestion on where to go in the Kansas City area --- I can wait a few (several) days to get this done!!!

FlamingoGT

Most shops go by the 'book' and if it says 5 hours, then $500 is going to be about average anywhere you go. ($100/hr seems to be the average around here too). You might be able to find a shop that knows they can do it in less than the '5 hours' and/or charges less than the average rate and come out less expensive than that, but then that is where the word 'average' comes from

BraMas

Isn't KC a pretty large city? and you can't find any Driveline shops in a city that covers 2 states?

E_cox310

My shop in southern california took the whole day because they wanted to make sure they did it slow and carefully. They only charged $340, I provided the installation kit and new bearings.

stevednmc

I had a hard time finding places in Omaha that would do mine too...no speed shops here any more, at least not Mustang dedicated...lol