If its a swap with a buddy and trucks are the same swap the whole assembly.Housing,axels the whole nine yards.Unbolt and swap.

 

That would definitely be the easy way.

 

yeah i didnt even think about the 4x4 swap!! man thats an expensive add on to your truck. lol.

old jeep. its not to unbelievable for pricing i guess. im assuming your prices are consumer? im thinking if its a shop that does this stuff a lot they will save another $100 or so in parts? so fig. $300. for labor? that sounds about right to me....

 

They may save some $$$, but there is not much markup in gears - so unless they are doing hundreds of sets the average shop pays what I pay. Just make sure they are using quality parts, you can save a few bucks and get some pretty crappy bearings and gears.

 

On my 06 F150 FX4 I swapped out 3.73's for 4.56's. Went with Yukons. Complete job from a trans and rear speciality shop for front and rear for gears , labor and rebuild kit ( you cannot reuse crush sleeves but I still bought the entire kit along with the ring and pinions since I already had 25k on the truck when I did the gear swap ) was $2200.00 You guys that talk $1200, that's a great price !

 

im not sure 1200 was including the front diff, (2wd truck maybe?)

 

$1200 won't get both.

 

Thanks for the run down. I'll definitely check with them to see if all that's included, then make them put it in writing everything they're planning on doing for the $1200 price. Mine is a 4x2, so at least I only have one to worry about.

 

I just changed to 4.10 gears and added a front locker to my wife's GMC Canyon pickup truck, and picked it up from the shop today, so the prices are pretty recent. It cost $960 for parts, which included front and rear ring and pinion gears, new ring gear bolts, new seals, crush sleeves, pinion nuts, and a lockright locker (the locker alone was $365). So without the locker the gears alone would have been ~$600. Installation cost, including the cost of gear oil, was $1064. So total cost for front and rear gear change on the GMC Canyon pickup was $1664.

 

I just went from 3.55 to 4.10 got my gears at Moe's performance..He's got the best prices in town.What a difference. i get better mpg arounfd town and last weekend got 20.9 doing 73mph on the interstate