Oppo question time

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 04/06/2015 at 19:03 • Filed to: None

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I can either take my truck to a shop that has a decent reputation for doing quality gear work to fix the setup on a noisy front diff.

Price: $250-400 (probably more like $500 real monies)

Out of truck for a couple of days max

Reputation for quality work: a couple of great recommendations, and a couple of mediocre reviews

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I take out the 3rd member, have it shipped to a guy that is known to be amazing and shipped back

Price: $250 for his work +shipping x 2 + axle reassembly here locally (all in more than $650 easy)

Out of truck a week or more

Reputation for quality work: unmatched

Thoughts?

I have an appointment for next Wed at the local place. Six State Distributors.

TheHondaBro > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 19:07

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First option.

JGrabowMSt > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 19:18

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Honestly, if the guy does amazing work and you can be without a truck that long, it will be worth it.

Unless the truck doesnt mean anything to you

HammerheadFistpunch > JGrabowMSt 04/06/2015 at 19:23

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Unless the truck doesnt mean anything to you

...Nice. Nice. However I don't think it means significantly more money and downtime. The truth is that I'm not pulling the third or putting it back in, and I haven't even looked up what It costs to ship something like that. probably a lot.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 19:24

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Question, is guy with unmatched work able to ship you a complete 3rd member and then give you a core charge for yours that you ship to him? Might save some time and you'll know the job is done right.

HammerheadFistpunch > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 19:25

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derp.

RallyWrench > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 19:28

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Door number 2. Chances are that approximately $150 difference will be worth it, and may be cheaper in the long run. It's already been done wrong once (more?), so I'd say it makes sense to do it as right as you can and put this problem behind you. Especially considering that you actually use the truck properly, and wheel with your family in it.

JGrabowMSt > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 19:30

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Ive shipped transmissions and motors before, honestly less than you would think, but its all freight and ground shipping only. Ive had best experiences with UPS.

HammerheadFistpunch > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. 04/06/2015 at 19:37

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not likely, Toyota high pinion e lockers are in high demand and I suspect there are to many spares floating around

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 19:53

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bugger, I'd still go for the guy who knows his shit. This isn't something you would want to do twice.

Agrajag > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 20:32

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I'd probably go with option one.

XJDano > HammerheadFistpunch 04/06/2015 at 20:38

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I guess you don't have an open spare 3rd member.

I think I'd like to get a 9" that's not all burnt up for swapping if my ARB ever needs repair.

I'd ship it if you have time, cash, another ride while it's down.

If not then local guys.