3.73 Gear Install

[IthacaV6]

I'm gonna be getting some 3.73's pretty soon, and with the install kit, is it something you can do yourself? I've seen a lot of people who went somewhere to have it done. I would like to do it myself, I just don't want to open it up and find out it was something I should have paid the money to have someone else do. Any thoughts?

[redbird00]

if you've turned a few wrenches and know your way around a car i dont see why not, but since its your first time, i'd suggest having someone who has done it before, or find some real good instructions...

merlin

[AZv6camaro]

if you know how to set the backlash and make sure the gears are currectly set go for it, but i dont think you would want to attempt this if you have never done it before because you could possibly ruin a perfect set of gears

[imported_admin]

Gear install is up there on the very difficult side. There isn't that much to it, but it takes a lot of finesse. I would NOT recommend it unless you really, really know what you are doing. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ellik]

the patterning has to be set just right and you are playing within 100ths of an inch of tolerance between a good install and one that is going to eat up the gears and needing to be redone with new parts. pay someone who knows what they are doing for this.

[95Batmobile]

I think you need special tools to do it right too.
My dad has been a mechanic for over 30 years and he didn't even put the gears in my car, he said he was going to have to borrow a couple tools to even do it!! And he has THOUSANDS of tools!!

I'd recommend paying for it to be done... it cost me $120 for the install.