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<blockquote data-quote="338Shooter" data-source="post: 1339689" data-attributes="member: 3449">So I&#039;m going to build a diff for my truck.&nbsp; It is a GM 9.5&quot; 14 bolt sf.&nbsp; I really want to do it myself, but I don&#039;t want climb aboard the fail boat either.&nbsp; I know it is critical to get the pinion depth correct and the backlash on the gears set properly.&nbsp; Neither look overly complicated, but I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; I know one way to set the pinion depth is to hone out the old bearing and use it to mock up the pinion. Once you get the right contact pattern you have the new bearing pressed on with the correct shims.&nbsp; I&#039;ll have a mechanic press on the bearings for me.What I want to know is what it would cost to have a mechanic put it all together.&nbsp; I have no doubt that I can do it my self, but if it&#039;s relatively inexpensive to have it done I will consider that.&nbsp; I&#039;m talking about bringing in the gear set, the locker, the hub to hub rear end, and a master rebuild kit to someone and then picking up a ready to roll unit.&nbsp; What kind of labor costs?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="338Shooter, post: 1339689, member: 3449"] So I'm going to build a diff for my truck. It is a GM 9.5" 14 bolt sf. I really want to do it myself, but I don't want climb aboard the fail boat either. I know it is critical to get the pinion depth correct and the backlash on the gears set properly. Neither look overly complicated, but I don't know. I know one way to set the pinion depth is to hone out the old bearing and use it to mock up the pinion. Once you get the right contact pattern you have the new bearing pressed on with the correct shims. I'll have a mechanic press on the bearings for me. What I want to know is what it would cost to have a mechanic put it all together. I have no doubt that I can do it my self, but if it's relatively inexpensive to have it done I will consider that. I'm talking about bringing in the gear set, the locker, the hub to hub rear end, and a master rebuild kit to someone and then picking up a ready to roll unit. What kind of labor costs? [/QUOTE]

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