Originally Posted by
cobos
There are places online to get ford racing gears for 150 shipped, and the install kit for around 60. Is it really 4 hours of labor for somebody who knows what they are doing?
Some people have told me to do a stall converter before/over gears? Any opinions on that?
I was quoting Jegs prices. Yes, it does take anywhere from 3-4 hours to do gears PROPERLY.
You have to do the following IIRC:
drain the rearend
Pull the wheels
Pull the rear cover
pull the c-clips out
pull the axels
pull the center chunk out
remove the pinion nut
remove the pinion
cut off the pinion bearings
remove the ring gear
The install is all this plus checking for proper alignment (is that the right word? or is it "mesh"?) with the gears.
So, yeah, it takes a while. I've seen it done faster, but it also wasn't done right.
