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Old Jan 5, 2025 | 03:36 PM
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How much would it cost to repair a leaking rear differential? Here is a picture.

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Old Jan 6, 2025 | 04:42 AM
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Paying a shop or DIY? Aftermarket solid differential bushing sets run anywhere from $50-$125. If paying a shop, the labor is going to cost the most since they'll probably charge you to drop the subframe even though that's not absolutely necessary.
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Old Jan 6, 2025 | 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Heel Til I Die
Paying a shop or DIY? Aftermarket solid differential bushing sets run anywhere from $50-$125. If paying a shop, the labor is going to cost the most since they'll probably charge you to drop the subframe even though that's not absolutely necessary.
Paying A shop unfortunately
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Old Jan 6, 2025 | 10:04 AM
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Buy the bushing and the removal tool and instructions and bring it to an independant shop. Should take about 2 hours. So ~700$ total. You'll have no warranty most likely because it would be customer supplied parts.
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Originally Posted by GreyZ
Buy the bushing and the removal tool and instructions and bring it to an independant shop. Should take about 2 hours. So ~700$ total. You'll have no warranty most likely because it would be customer supplied parts.
Hmm so i was quoted 600 which by the sounf of it is fair. Thry said parts is 100 and labor 500
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Old Jan 6, 2025 | 07:01 PM
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That's a pretty fair price for labor in CA considering the effort required to remove the old bushings. Just make sure they use quality aftermarket replacements.
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Old Jan 6, 2025 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by icer5160
That's a pretty fair price for labor in CA considering the effort required to remove the old bushings. Just make sure they use quality aftermarket replacements.
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Good to know ! Hea ordering rhe differential bushing from Z1 website and its $100. Seems better than OEM I think
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The urethane bushings are the way to go over the liquid-filled OEM which will inevitably fail. Solid bushings seem like overkill for street use. Which ones did you get?
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Originally Posted by Heel Til I Die
The urethane bushings are the way to go over the liquid-filled OEM which will inevitably fail. Solid bushings seem like overkill for street use. Which ones did you get?
Thry ordered these ones

https://www.z1motorsports.com/z1-pro...t-p-10356.html
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Dating for Sex.
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Old Jan 8, 2025 | 10:20 AM
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LOL. Someone needs to tell spam bot we're talking about BUSHINGS and not BUSH.

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Old Jan 8, 2025 | 04:47 PM
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Could be the act, not the object.

Spammer to be nuked but I'll give the desperate people a few minutes to themselves. 😛
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