Anyone have any experience with this puppy? Sorry if it has been covered before, but I've spent the last week researching on the interwebz and when you google "trail gear" a lot of extraneous results return.
http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/yota.../detroit-and-arb-high-pinion-3rd-members.html
I'm looking at a regear and to add lockers while I have my whole whole front end torn down. Had talked to a lot of local driveline guys and best price I could find was $280 a side to rebuild/regear/install lockers on a 3rd I pulled myself. So, the way I looked at it was...$1040 ARB, $250 gears, $130 install kit, $280 labor = $1700 +tax +my time to drive to the other side of town (twice) +maybe some shipping. The lowrange kit is on sale for $1350 shipped to my house and ready to drop in, "+ deferred tax." And my tax rate is 2.5% when stuff is shipped to me, compared to going to a store in Denver and getting hit up for 7-8%.
So, for saving $350 (plus I'll have a front diff to sell if I want to), I think it might be worth the risk? I know there is just a 1 year warranty....and I just want a mountain truck to get me around the southwest here, enough to want the front locker, but not looking to seriously wheel in Moab (unless there is a sweet hike on the other side). But, everything I've read points to a proper setup being more critical than the components themselves. So, I'll check everything out before I drop in to ensure lowrange did a decent job.
research also turned up the trail-gear are rebranded yukons? perhaps a "circle k" will show up on my front door....
Any one have experience with this front diff? Am I glutton for punishment?
Will post pics and experience.
http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/yota.../detroit-and-arb-high-pinion-3rd-members.html
I'm looking at a regear and to add lockers while I have my whole whole front end torn down. Had talked to a lot of local driveline guys and best price I could find was $280 a side to rebuild/regear/install lockers on a 3rd I pulled myself. So, the way I looked at it was...$1040 ARB, $250 gears, $130 install kit, $280 labor = $1700 +tax +my time to drive to the other side of town (twice) +maybe some shipping. The lowrange kit is on sale for $1350 shipped to my house and ready to drop in, "+ deferred tax." And my tax rate is 2.5% when stuff is shipped to me, compared to going to a store in Denver and getting hit up for 7-8%.
So, for saving $350 (plus I'll have a front diff to sell if I want to), I think it might be worth the risk? I know there is just a 1 year warranty....and I just want a mountain truck to get me around the southwest here, enough to want the front locker, but not looking to seriously wheel in Moab (unless there is a sweet hike on the other side). But, everything I've read points to a proper setup being more critical than the components themselves. So, I'll check everything out before I drop in to ensure lowrange did a decent job.
research also turned up the trail-gear are rebranded yukons? perhaps a "circle k" will show up on my front door....
Any one have experience with this front diff? Am I glutton for punishment?
Will post pics and experience.