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Phil Rhodes - 23 Jun 2005 19:18 GMT

Yeah, it was howling at me, so I took it in and they said $1000 to $1500
depending on what they find when they take my '98 Ram 5.9L 1500 SLT
Laramie's limited slip apart.
Boo hoo! only 89,000 miles!
Phil

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TBone - 23 Jun 2005 19:21 GMT

Yea, depending on if they think it needs new gears or not. Welcome to the
wonderful world of the POS DC 9 1/4 rear.

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> Yeah, it was howling at me, so I took it in and they said $1000 to $1500
> depending on what they find when they take my '98 Ram 5.9L 1500 SLT
> Laramie's limited slip apart.
> Boo hoo! only 89,000 miles!
> Phil

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beekeep - 23 Jun 2005 20:32 GMT

I picked up a differential for my rear for $25.00 on Ebay. Shipping
cost more than the gears. Worked great.

beekeep

>Yea, depending on if they think it needs new gears or not. Welcome to the
>wonderful world of the POS DC 9 1/4 rear.
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>> Boo hoo! only 89,000 miles!
>> Phil

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TBone - 24 Jun 2005 01:12 GMT

My only fear with that is that I would wind up with another dud.

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> I picked up a differential for my rear for $25.00 on Ebay. Shipping
> cost more than the gears. Worked great.
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> >> Boo hoo! only 89,000 miles!
> >> Phil

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SnoMan - 24 Jun 2005 03:35 GMT

>Yeah, it was howling at me, so I took it in and they said 00 to
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>Boo hoo! only 89,000 miles!
>Phil

That is a little steep for one axle. You can get a new gear set for it
on line for about $200 or so and the bearing kit for another 70 or 80
bucks. YOu should beable to get it done for 300 to 500 labor because
that is not a hard rear end to work with. I am puzzled by its early
faliure though because they are usually sturdy unless it has never
been serviced regularly and it has big rubber on it too. As a foot
note if you are running oversized rubber, now you be the time to
regear if it is a 4x4 since you have to fix rear axle anyway and gear
prices are about the same on different ratios.

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