This truck is killing my wallet!!
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RE: This truck is killing my wallet!!
Most of the minor stuff I do do myself but as far as tearing apart may axle and taking out the ring and pinion and carrier I don't want anything to do with that. The reason it cost so much was the axle was 520 and the wheel hub was 250 (all from the dealer) the guy actually cut me a huge break on the labor scince he is such a good friend of mine and I've sent him so many customers to get trannys rebuilt cause he does a awesome job. He rebuilt mine 8 months ago and did a FANTASTIC!! job. But I do agree to try and do things yourself most of the time.
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RE: This truck is killing my wallet!!
I own 2 trucks. A 95 Chevy S10 (no laughing from the peanut gallery!!!![:'(]) and of course my 98 Ram. Unless your vehicle is under warranty, I see no reason to go to the dealer to buy parts. The prices are usually WAY out of line. Unless of course it is the only place you can get a certain part.
I'll hit the major auto parts places, NAPA and AUTOZONE, just to name a few. Depending on the part, I will also look at wrecking yards. Some great deals can be found at wrecking yards, but research is the key. I'm not perfect so I do tend to break things from time to time, especially interior trim parts. Napa isn't going to have those and I have no intention of paying a dealer my entire next paycheck for a pillar trim piece. Sooooo..............off to the wrecker I go! I use a web-page called Car-Part.com ( http://www.car-part.com ). It lists many wrecking yards in the US and Canada. I only provide this as a reference. The site does not cost any money to use and no personal information is requested.
A former colleague of mine replaced his entire rear axle assembly for $125 and he did that just because he was having differential problems. It cost much less to replace the entire axle than it did to tear into the diff. When I have a problem with the diff, I'll be doing the same thing because to me, differentials are like transmissions, TO THE LEFT OF WITCHCRAFT!!!!
I'll hit the major auto parts places, NAPA and AUTOZONE, just to name a few. Depending on the part, I will also look at wrecking yards. Some great deals can be found at wrecking yards, but research is the key. I'm not perfect so I do tend to break things from time to time, especially interior trim parts. Napa isn't going to have those and I have no intention of paying a dealer my entire next paycheck for a pillar trim piece. Sooooo..............off to the wrecker I go! I use a web-page called Car-Part.com ( http://www.car-part.com ). It lists many wrecking yards in the US and Canada. I only provide this as a reference. The site does not cost any money to use and no personal information is requested.
A former colleague of mine replaced his entire rear axle assembly for $125 and he did that just because he was having differential problems. It cost much less to replace the entire axle than it did to tear into the diff. When I have a problem with the diff, I'll be doing the same thing because to me, differentials are like transmissions, TO THE LEFT OF WITCHCRAFT!!!!
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RE: This truck is killing my wallet!!
Granted I have just a 4x2 2001/1500, but I went to a Chrysler dealer and bought both front bearing assy's for $225.00. I hate it for you but you might want to consider shopping online for parts before relying on your local dealer to mark them up and add labor.
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RE: This truck is killing my wallet!!
ORIGINAL: shott8283
lj i looked up that website and found some parts ive been needing.. thanks for the info dude... i gotta make a trip to get it put its prolly gonna save my a few hunnys on brand new parts... who knows...i might pick up some other stuff too
lj i looked up that website and found some parts ive been needing.. thanks for the info dude... i gotta make a trip to get it put its prolly gonna save my a few hunnys on brand new parts... who knows...i might pick up some other stuff too
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