- Location
- Atascadero, CA
A while ago my front axle got pretty f'ed up. front ring and pinion destroyed, carrier broke in half, and one of the lower conrol arm mounts was almost ripped off. So i bought a new Yukon ring and pinion online along with a Yukon master install kit (4.88's) had to have it installed. brought the axle and gears down to allstate driveshaft in yucca valley. he charged $275 for labor and $60 for a new carrier. no warranty which i wasnt really expecting but whatever. so not that big of a deal but i think that the price was a little too high especially for bringing the axle out of vehicle.
I was recomended by many people to use ace alternator/starters or whatever else they do to do the lower control arm mounts. i wanted them to grind off the old mounts and weld on new "heavy duty" mounts. doesnt seem like too big of a deal right?
I told him i needed it done at least by thursday(needed the axle for a run that weekend starting friday, ok no problem, called multiple times a day, still no progress. i call on thursday, no progress he went home already, call on friday, he was working on it and was almost done, so that night i pick it up and they charged me $190 Holy SH!T! mounts: maaaaybe 40 bucks. so probably about 150 in labor for something that at most took 30 minutes... so i pay it cause i have no choice, its already late and i need to get this axle in so i can drive 6 hours to go wheel.
later i look at the welds and see this...
i dont even think he ground the original mounts all the way down to the axle. they are not even on straight and the weld quality is absolutely horrible.
maybe im just being a whiney b!tch but this seems absolutely rediculous to me. paying that much for some of the worst quality fabrication i have ever seen especially for someone that claims to do "professional custom fabrication"
im never paying anyone to do anything agian. i need a welder...
-Shomsky
I was recomended by many people to use ace alternator/starters or whatever else they do to do the lower control arm mounts. i wanted them to grind off the old mounts and weld on new "heavy duty" mounts. doesnt seem like too big of a deal right?
I told him i needed it done at least by thursday(needed the axle for a run that weekend starting friday, ok no problem, called multiple times a day, still no progress. i call on thursday, no progress he went home already, call on friday, he was working on it and was almost done, so that night i pick it up and they charged me $190 Holy SH!T! mounts: maaaaybe 40 bucks. so probably about 150 in labor for something that at most took 30 minutes... so i pay it cause i have no choice, its already late and i need to get this axle in so i can drive 6 hours to go wheel.
later i look at the welds and see this...
i dont even think he ground the original mounts all the way down to the axle. they are not even on straight and the weld quality is absolutely horrible.
maybe im just being a whiney b!tch but this seems absolutely rediculous to me. paying that much for some of the worst quality fabrication i have ever seen especially for someone that claims to do "professional custom fabrication"
im never paying anyone to do anything agian. i need a welder...
-Shomsky
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(That's what I tell myself anyway!)
