engine and drivetrain Good Place To Rebuild Differential In Nor-Cal

[1971Ginger]

This will be cross-posted in Nor Cal forum but I also wanted to ask here in case someone moved away from the Bay Area that knew of a place to rebuild 2002 diff's. 

 

I have a 3:91 off a 1976 2002 and I was gonna see if i should rebuild it before installing into my 2002 with the 5speed swap I planned. 

 

I haven't ran the diff to hear if there's noises but it turns freely.

 

I know its tough to gauge pricing but if anyone can quote me what they paid last, that would help me immensely. 

 

Thanks in advance, 

[Mike Self]

Couple of suggestions--

2002 diffs are pretty long-lived and don't often fail...chances are the 3.91 you have is OK unless it's been run without oil or otherwise abused.  I'd drain it and carefully examine the oil that comes out for chunks of metal, etc.  Also look to see how much oil comes out; if it's close to the normal capacity, that's good.  

 

Were it mine, I'd go ahead and install it, fill with the proper hypoid oil and drive it.  If it turns out to be bad, you should be able to score another one pretty reasonably.  

 

mike