Nevada Re-gearing shops

[g.hayduke]

Hopefully you didn't try to order them. Ebay is full of scams. I foolishly attempted to order a set of revolution gears from Ebay a while back. I placed the order and a few days later recieved tracking information for the gears. When the order was delivered it was nothing more than a thank you card. Since the card was sent with the tracking Ebay listed the order as complete and delivered. I'll never use Ebay again.

I buy stuff on eBay all the time for the most part without issue or scams at least on auto parts in my experience. However, I am careful about choosing a seller.

In situations like yours where the item delivered does not match the ad description, eBay will refund your money if the seller won't. It's actually fairly safe compared to other venues.

 

[notnsuv]

First things first, I'm in the North East Nevada region, and in terms of more populated cities, I'm fairly close to Salt Lake City UT, Boise ID, and Reno NV. I plan on going to 33's and will need to re-gear. (06 LJ 42RLE) There is only one shop in Elko, not a tiny but a smaller town where I live, that does re-gears but I'm not going to go that route. I called the 4 Wheel Part store in Reno and Boise to get a quote and they said with all the parts and labor it would be between 2400-2600...I know prices have gone up and inflation sucks but..good lord that seemed high...So with that being said, I have two questions; Is that the new norm on regearing prices?
but my main question is...Is there anybody on the forum in this general area/the 3 cities I listed that knows of a good shop with reasonable prices? anything helps!

PM Sent with phone number. Your profile pic looks like I might have talked to you at Maverick awhile back.

I don't know why you're not using our local shop, SLY Drivelines? If you didn't know, it's under new ownership over the past couple years and has built an excellent local reputation. Prior to him showing up I don't think anyone local was reputable. The owner is out of his dad's shop in SLC and has a lot of experience. I had my gears, axles and BBK installed there in February for a very reasonable price. All he suggested that might be out of the norm is that I supply the parts for the best price and he'll warranty his work.

To @Jerry Bransford point on dyno vs. synthetic, the shop owner did as I requested.

 

[notnsuv]

They said it would be 2,400...NOT including the parts, I would have to get myself. so it would be upwards of 3k. Id much rather have the shop do all the part ordering so I know and they know they are getting exactly what they need.

Which local shop? That's over double what I paid in Elko for installation.

 

[NKlekas]

Whatever shop you choose to install your aftermarket gears, please ensure they fill the differentials with nothing but a conventional gear lube, NOT a synthetic. The gears will run a lot cooler during the break-in with a conventional gear lube. Many aftermarket major axle and gear, like Currie and Revolution Gear, require a conventional gear lube. And when it's time to change the gear lube at 500 miles fill it with a conventional again too. Torco, Castrol, Valvoline, etc. are all fine.

For those who always ask/question how do new gears survive in synthetic gear lube from the factory when a vehicle was new... the gears the factory installed were "pre-lapped" before they received them which means they were run/lapped together by Dana-Spicer ahead of time which is why we don't have to break them in from the factory.

After your gears are completely broken in you could switch to synthetic but I sure never did or would. It's proven the gears run cooler when lubed with a conventional gear lube, which is why conventional is recommended for brand-new unbroken-in aftermarket gears.

Good to know Jerry. Whatever shop I get to do them ill make sure they know this info.

 

[g.hayduke]

Here's an update on my situation. I am planning/hoping to regear my '05 LJR (factory lockers) to 5.13.

I had hoped to go with Revolution gears but I did a pretty exhaustive search and nobody actually has them. Some vendors are estimating 2 months wait. Yukon R&Ps are available so I think that is probably the next best option for R&P.

I also had issues finding install kits. Bearings are apparently in short supply so the install kits from Yukon and Revolution are likewise unavailable.

East Coast Gear Supply to the rescue! They have Yukon R&Ps and all the necessary bearings, shims, seals, etc. They put together a complete package to rebuild both diffs for $699 shipped with Yukon gears and either Timken or Koyo bearings. Not bad. I placed the order over the phone and got an invoice and tracking number minutes later. Great customer experience so far. Hopefully all the needed parts will be in there.

I estimate my total cost to be just over $2K including parts, labor, and gear lube (conventional).

 

[NKlekas]

Got it figured out! @NOTNSUV actually lives in the same area as me and referred me to a shop that does driveline work. They've actually redone both my previous jeeps' rear drivelines and did amazing work. I had no idea they did re-gears because they only started them in the last 22 months or so. They charge a much more reasonable price at $500 and axle and will also do the parts. Worked out great. Going with 5.13's and I appreciate everyone's help and @NOTNSUV for pointing me in the right direction

 

[NskLJ]

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Got it figured out! @NOTNSUV actually lives in the same area as me and referred me to a shop that does driveline work. They've actually redone both my previous jeeps' rear drivelines and did amazing work. I had no idea they did re-gears because they only started them in the last 22 months or so. They charge a much more reasonable price at $500 and axle and will also do the parts. Worked out great. Going with 5.13's and I appreciate everyone's help and @NOTNSUV for pointing me in the right direction

That sound a lot more reasonable

 

[NKlekas]

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That sound a lot more reasonable

Absolutely lol