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Post by generalchaos on Apr 8, 2024 8:05:32 GMT -6
My son and I had our transmission rebuilt at Trans Tech on Plessis Rd. I thought they were reasonable.They have a one year warranty.
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Post by iamwill on Apr 19, 2024 14:31:42 GMT -6
So I ended up getting a 2013 sierra 2500hd to replace the half ton with the transmission issues. Dropped the old truck off at the transmission shop that fixed it last time and they said they would "work" with me on it. Anyway the new truck is a scratch and dent special but it is nearly impossible to find regular cab long box trucks. Looks like it went off the road into some trees by the look of all the damage to the paint. Is titled as rebuilt so it was about half price of similar trucks and has less than 120k on it. Any suggestions to deal with the scratches and scrapes? They aren't through the paint so just cosmetic.
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Post by iamwill on May 7, 2024 9:02:51 GMT -6
Got a call from the transmission shop and the truck is fixed again. They gave me a 40% discount so the bill was under a thousand bucks. He said the pump gave out again and that the pump pivot pin (?) Was badly worn. Only had about 5000k on it and was replaced with the last overhaul so I am not sure what to think of that. Anyway have been using the old daully to feed the cows with but it is a standard and that is a pain. How it is that a 25 year old truck with twice the kms on it, that weights twice as much, uses less fuel than one 12 years newer doing the exact same job is beyond my understanding.
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Post by meskie on May 7, 2024 9:26:08 GMT -6
The new 1/2 ton with the diesels in them are finally back to the same mileage as the mid 90s 6.2 and 6.5 diesels from chev.
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Post by northernfarmer on May 9, 2024 7:20:19 GMT -6
Got a call from the transmission shop and the truck is fixed again. They gave me a 40% discount so the bill was under a thousand bucks. He said the pump gave out again and that the pump pivot pin (?) Was badly worn. Only had about 5000k on it and was replaced with the last overhaul so I am not sure what to think of that. Anyway have been using the old daully to feed the cows with but it is a standard and that is a pain. How it is that a 25 year old truck with twice the kms on it, that weights twice as much, uses less fuel than one 12 years newer doing the exact same job is beyond my understanding. How can a part ( assuming it was part of the replacement ) be worn out in 5000 km when it should last as long as a new transmission or at least a proper reman trans. Something seems odd, I wonder if the parts that are being sourced are that bad a quality.
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Post by northernfarmer on May 9, 2024 7:23:39 GMT -6
The new 1/2 ton with the diesels in them are finally back to the same mileage as the mid 90s 6.2 and 6.5 diesels from chev. Its a marvel isn't it, what the engineers designed now to do that well on fuel and with much better hp numbers ... all while flowing through what amounts to a tail pipe stuffed up with 3 or 4 bananas ....
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Post by OptimallyDismal on May 9, 2024 8:32:11 GMT -6
Right now I have a 2012 Grand Cherokee with the driveshaft hanger bearing rubber mount failed, the bearing is ok. Have to order a new driveshaft $1200 because it would seem it is unrepairable, nice.
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tsipp
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Post by tsipp on May 9, 2024 10:41:33 GMT -6
Right now I have a 2012 Grand Cherokee with the driveshaft hanger bearing rubber mount failed, the bearing is ok. Have to order a new driveshaft $1200 because it would seem it is unrepairable, nice. I had to google it, it looks like you can change the bearings on the shaft, 50 bucks a bearing on Amazon. YouTube has some pretty good videos.
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Post by OptimallyDismal on May 9, 2024 12:30:13 GMT -6
I watched some of those videos and saw an upgraded driveshaft that looks like a lot better unit, called to cancel the OEM replacement and they gave a much better price, so I am still going OEM, and then I can do the fix on the old one and have a spare. There are a lot of failures on the OEM style, either the hanger bearing rubber mounts or the CV style joints on the ends, the Ebay units have regular U joints and no hangers, much simpler and thinking more reliable, but now the price is about the same with shipping etc on the custom one.
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