Hello!.....and need advice.
Hey guys
Been a long time since I posted here. Some of you may remember me as "Black Sunshine" back in the day, while sporting my 95 m6 and 79 Formula. Well, I ran outta money(college) and had to put those cars on hold so I have not posted in a while. But after a year and a half, unfortunatley I came back from school so I pulled the z outta the garage.
After about a month, I was driving and started getting the dreaded "ca clunk ca clunk". So I towed her to the mech and he said my rear end gears were stripped and I needed a new rear end. 800 parts + 500 labor. I am no expert, but since when do you have to replace the entire rear-end when your gears go out. I thought the gears where just housed in the rear end. They said they smelled burnt oil.
Heres my situation. A.) They called my dad at work and not me and he authorized them to start doing the work at noon today, should I be able to call em and get to not do the work this morning? B.) I hate buying remanufactured products, I figure if you are replacing, UPGRADE. So I want 4.10s outta the deal. C.) Should I go get a second opinion? D.) When I originally got the car outta the garage it wouldnt go into gear, so I towed it to a tranny shop. They got it into gear but said the rear seal on diff had to be replaced. Could they have botched the job and caused this...and if not, shouldnt there have been some sign of wear in the gears?
Anyway thanks in advance for any advice.
LarsV8
1995 Z28 m6 (ram air, msd6a, bbk headers, borla exhaust, hurst shifter, SLP suspension kit)
1979 Formula (70 pontiac 350, th350...had to abandon in pensacola
)
Been a long time since I posted here. Some of you may remember me as "Black Sunshine" back in the day, while sporting my 95 m6 and 79 Formula. Well, I ran outta money(college) and had to put those cars on hold so I have not posted in a while. But after a year and a half, unfortunatley I came back from school so I pulled the z outta the garage.
After about a month, I was driving and started getting the dreaded "ca clunk ca clunk". So I towed her to the mech and he said my rear end gears were stripped and I needed a new rear end. 800 parts + 500 labor. I am no expert, but since when do you have to replace the entire rear-end when your gears go out. I thought the gears where just housed in the rear end. They said they smelled burnt oil.
Heres my situation. A.) They called my dad at work and not me and he authorized them to start doing the work at noon today, should I be able to call em and get to not do the work this morning? B.) I hate buying remanufactured products, I figure if you are replacing, UPGRADE. So I want 4.10s outta the deal. C.) Should I go get a second opinion? D.) When I originally got the car outta the garage it wouldnt go into gear, so I towed it to a tranny shop. They got it into gear but said the rear seal on diff had to be replaced. Could they have botched the job and caused this...and if not, shouldnt there have been some sign of wear in the gears?
Anyway thanks in advance for any advice.
LarsV8
1995 Z28 m6 (ram air, msd6a, bbk headers, borla exhaust, hurst shifter, SLP suspension kit)
1979 Formula (70 pontiac 350, th350...had to abandon in pensacola
)
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