From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/5/2024 12:24 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 10/4/2024 3:15 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>    I dropped the axle from my '86 GMC pickup off at the shop yesterday   
   >> . It's going in for "major surgery" ... The stock 2.73:1/standard   
   >> differential gear set is being replaced with a set of 3.42's and a   
   >> posi locker . I have apparently ventured a bit farther into the "high   
   >> performance" realm than I meant to . Since I've got it tuned a bit   
   >> better I've been having problems starting from a dead stop without the   
   >> truck making screeching noises . I'm hoping the new stuff will improve   
   >> that situation ...   
   >>    I'm also hoping the gas mileage improves . The motor build was   
   >> optimized for 3.42 gears , I should be in a more efficient RPM band   
   >> with the new gears . Which is also in the torque band , so my trans   
   >> should have to shift gears less often .   
   >>    And as my neighbor told his wife when she asked what all this was   
   >> for "better burnouts!" .   
   >   
   >   
   > How do you find "other people" you trust to do work for you.  I've had   
   > absolute shit luck with that.  It's the main reason I do so many   
   > different things myself.   
      
      Actually it's very rare for me to hire work out and I can count on   
   one hand the ones I trust  . I hired someone local to swap the motor in   
   my 4Runner because it was just more work than I wanted to do out in the   
   yard . I've got the axle in the shop because Patrick has done several   
   and is equipped to do that . I have the tools but not the experience .   
   In both cases the work was done by someone I know and trust . The shop   
   that did my motor is my neighbor's brother in law and I've had him do   
   other work - the transmission for my truck for one . The guy re-gearing   
   my  axle used to live across the road from me , I've seen and admired   
   his work - 5.0 Ford V8's that spin 12,000 RPM and live to tell it for   
   instance .   
      
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   Snag   
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