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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18 years ago
Rear end noise
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18 years ago
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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18 years ago
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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18 years ago
My only fear with that is that I would wind up with another dud.
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18 years ago
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.