I HAVE 3:73S THEY TOLD ME 10 HRS BUT CANT PROMISE ME IT BACK IN 2 DAYS???? dOES NOT SEAM RIGHT?

 

10 hours sounds about right for tear down, set up, and reinstall. I dont know about the 2 days though, I would assume they will have more than just your vehicle to work on, but you may want to shop around.

 

Seems to me that if they work 8hrs in one day then it would take two days. IDK my jeep is still in the shop 4 days later waiting for the Rubicon Express replacement driveshaft. But I think they charged me 8hrs though. But still took two days just to do the gears.

 

A good reputable shop that's very experienced can do the job in the first half of a work day. If you take it in at 8 AM, there's no reason in the world for it not to be done by 12. None whatsoever. 10 hours is a ripoff charge. 5 would be more appropriate. Think of it like this. Most labor rates now are up around a hundred bucks an hour give or take. That's five hundred bucks labor you're talking about. I mean damn, all you have to do is drop drive shafts, remove wheels, get the covers off, calipers, rotors and slide the axles out enough to remove the carriers. The biggest thing you're paying for in the job is the knowledge of the mechanic to set the gears up RIGHT. Dammit. I sure wish I was still in the work force. Man, I would give all you forum guys a special. Yall could bring me all the parts and I'd do both axles for 350 bucks and do two a day. It's not a difficult job at ALL. It just takes experience.

 

Uhm, $500 in labor is a very reasonable charge to do both axles. I have yet to a see any shop charge less than that for bringing the vehicle in. The only time I have seen it cheaper is if you bring the bare axles in.

If you are doing both axle for $350 on a rolling chassis, you must be working for damn near pennies an hour. Especially since its rare that the gears will have a correct pattern the first time you put them in. Which means pulling the bearings back off, changing shims, and putting them back in.