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Originally Posted by ratflinger
Spider gears my ass, about the last thing to fail. Soft faced axle shafts are probably shot. Anybody quoting you less than about $1500 for a rebuilt diff is lying their ass off and even then most of them are screwing you. Parts for a full rebuild will be about $500 & the rest is labor, unless you want a real shit job. Posi case needs polished and checked for cracks, posi unit needs replaced and tuned, and not with that spring loaded POS.
Now it could be all the other things people have mentioned, but no one goes into the diff for $400 - $500.
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We had a local radiator repair shop here for decades. I asked someone one time if the guy was good or not. His reply, 'he sells a lot of new radiators'. He kind of lured people in with a clean, boil out, resolder, etc...for around $75 on his sign (back in the day). But, the news was ALWAYS...can't fix it. You need a new one and i just happen to have one. It was probably true that they just needed to buy a new one. But, he made good labor and parts money luring people in thinking they would be out the door for only $75.
I wouldn't call anyone or say anything until I bought the car and found out for sure where the sound was coming from. Don't put it in their mind you want gears up front.