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Postby jspec153 » Tue Aug 28, 2012 1:28 pm

What is a good diff shop?
My boss has got a 1971 Corvette that has got a rumble in the diff and needs the pre-load set up in it again so basic overhaul we have a local mechanic thats ment to be rather good but might be better for someone whos specialized at them to have a look i think
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Postby evil_si » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:51 pm

See tony at Steelie gears , sales yard rd, otahuhu
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Postby Elmendorf » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:11 pm

Can not speak more highly of Anton at Geartech. He knows gearboxes.
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Postby jbod » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:29 pm

evil_si wrote:See tony at Steelie gears , sales yard rd, otahuhu


+1 , Tony is good or Lea at diffs r us. Tho Tony is cheaper and knows his shit. Either one you wuldn be disappinted, both places r within 500m of each other
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Postby jspec153 » Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:13 pm

Sweet Thanks!
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Postby metric » Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:03 pm

What does it normally cost to have one stripped down, checked and assembled.

Thinkin about getting my r200 inspected before i go to all that effort to install it finally
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Postby steroidcontaskie » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:14 pm

I got Tony to do my diff, he took the old centre out and put the torsen centre in for 280, but I think his pricing is a bit variable (depends how much he likes you). You should get him to do it, but if you are in a rush you might want to take it somewhere else, from what I have heard he isnt super motavated to get Japanese stuff done. In saying that, his work is meant to be the best.

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Postby Dell'Orto » Sat Sep 01, 2012 6:33 pm

Geartech charged me 3 hours to strip, assess and reassemble my LSD head, which was $180
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Postby Truenotch » Sat Sep 01, 2012 11:52 pm

Geartech are awesome. They do the job right and always get the job done quickly. As Brad just pointed out, they aren't too expensive. My last diff job was slightly more than that with a couple of new bearings and some adjustment on the LSD.
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Postby Elmendorf » Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:03 pm

Yeah they only charged me $300 to build my custom gearbox from scratch with uprated syncro's. I supplied the 2 gearboxes and new lsd, they supplied the syncro's, labour and oil.
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