3.73 install

[Joonejune]

Anyone know an aprox cost to have someone install 3.73s? Or should i just do it... can someone point me in the right direction on how hard the install would be...

[BlackY2kZ28]

Originally Posted by Joonejune

Anyone know an aprox cost to have someone install 3.73s? Or should i just do it... can someone point me in the right direction on how hard the install would be...

i would bring it to a shop, they have all the right tools to set it up, its gonna cost you for labor a few hundred

[TSAEB]

if you really into your car and dont mind spending money on tools then do it your self...however it is a very delicate thing to put in gears....call around to many shops...make sure they have experience on camaros....some shops will match competition prices....you will most likely pay about 250-500 for labor alone....best deal ive seen was i think 350-400 or so with labor, gears, and kit.....howevery he was a friend of the guy.

[BlackY2kZ28]

yup i paid 700 for gears and the labor

[Joonejune]

wow, i have the gears, just need them to throw them in. I've rebuilt my car and bolted or unbolted every bolt on the daum thing. But haven't done the gears... i'll call around thanks all.

[BlackY2kZ28]

yeah it has to be done presicley if not many people blow the rears up

[Typical-SS]

I strongly recommend that you have a shop you trust install them. I would not attemp to do it my self because you will need the right tools to measure and adjust everything. You would need to check and set pinion depth, set pinion preload, adjust backlash, set the bearing preload for the carrier bearings, then after its all together you gonna have to use a special paint that you put on the ring gear to check ring & pinion contact pattern. This is not something I would do over the weekend. If the rear is set up wrong, you'll end up with a noisy rear or the gears may end up eating eachother up.

[SilverZConvertible]

$650Cdn (about 600US) thats including the Gears (richmond 3.73) and installation.

[camaroZ28lt1at]

I paid 175.00 for labor and brought my own parts. I took them just the rearend though!

[Bowtie_Z28]

If you have the gears and the install kid a good guestimate will be appx 200-400 in labor depending on the area. I also agree with everyone else here get them done professionally.

[BlackY2kZ28]

its worth the extra money to pay to have them done

[Heliskiier]

Keliente has a great write up on gear install in the articles section. Read it and decide if you wanna do it yourself. She tells all the tricks!

[myk]

Don't forget.......to reprogram your engine's computer. Unless you get it sent out somewhere to be done, you'll have to spend a few hundred dollars on a programmer. Figure on spending a grand on this deal if you have a shop do the work...

[Joonejune]

I am sending my comp to Madz28.com for all the performance mods I've been doing over the summer. I have some time, the motor still is sitting on the engine stand, i will be throwing it together in about a week or 2.

[BlackY2kZ28]

Originally Posted by Joonejune

I am sending my comp to Madz28.com for all the performance mods I've been doing over the summer. I have some time, the motor still is sitting on the engine stand, i will be throwing it together in about a week or 2.

nice let us know how it comes out