This kinda crap goes on all the time and not just with garages. We are renovating a house and plumbers, carpenters, electricians all try to pull it. If they are dealing with my wife the job is one price if they deal with me the price goes down 30 or 40%. Whatever happened to honesty and integrety? Hope it works out for you.

 

True, but let's save that for another thread.
Okay?

 

i've followed this thread from the get go......there is no need to swap a housing unless it's bent or damaged from major breakage....if the carrier slid side to side that is what the side shims are for..i still think this deal smells funny...my former girl (i don't use ex because she went into the service it was an agreed upon deal) ended up in alabama with her 87 k5 (6in lift 36s 44/14bff combo) chewed up a wheel bearing and a shop tried to sell her...get this.. inner and outer tie rod ends,a control arm and axle shaft...luckily she knows her stuff..it's bad enough these places try to sell women parts they don't need but that place tried to sell her parts the truck don't have... don't let this walk it don't sound right...merry christmas and thank you for your service to our country...

 

true story worst case scenario (best case for you) you have JAG take care of it...i love having free lawyers haha

 

DK,

If you're still in need of help, I'm not much into the technical side of things but I'd be MORE than willing to pick up the housing and bring it down to FrankZ's place in the Springs to have him check it out. Just a quick thought on what little I can do to help.

Thanks to you and everyone else serving our country. Please come back safely.

Danny

 

TO the op if you need someone to look at it bring it to the 4wp in denver. i think you took it to high country but i could be wrong. high country has nothin to do with 4wp, so if that is the place please dont bash 4wp if you can help it. i just started workin there and we arent those type of people. i can honestly tell you that.
Seth

 

I see that the OP has been in contact with "the culprit" and has FrankZ on-board to get this worked out. It is unfortunate that this kind of thing has to happen "all the time" and especially haness that it has to happen to a seerviceman in-country. Glad the internet is here to get things done in a timely manner, and folks like FrankZ to help out.

As to a resolution, it just could be the housing was bad, 4WD needs to prove it. There is a recent thread on our local forum Reno4x4.com about a spun bearing (with pictures) that toasted the bearing seat and the need to replace the entire housing. Rare indeed but it can happen. If this is truly the case $500 for a housing and labor seems resonable, why didn't 4WD just say that up front?

At this point I say lets have a little patience and let the OP, 4WD and FrankZ and friends work things out.

I am sure if this doesn't come out right the locals can seriously chastize the 4WD shop, with all our blessings.

Thanks again to FrankZ and friends, to the OP - stay safe.
It is pretty clear the Colorado 4x4 community is on-the-case..........

 

DKDunn04,
Any word on when the axle will be returned?

 

Looks like 4wp customer service is as bad in-shop as it is online.. Didn't think that could be possible haha

 

Sorry to here this man. NEVER send your woman to an auto store.(I understand you are away right now, I've been there) This hapens all too often now-adys. It sucks. Get this figured out and stay away from the BIGGER named 4wd shop/stores. If you end up on the East Coast and need help on any Jeep stuff, I can help you out or send you to a reputable 4WD shop. Again , sorry man.

 

My wife went to buy new tires for a 2001 Neon and they told her she needed special work done to her front end to make sure it would run properly with the tires. They quoted her nearly $1000 for low-end Yokohamas and this "special work". They wouldn't talk to me on the phone when she called to ask wtf was going on. There's nothing wrong with her car. I know because I do all the work to it myself. Asshats. I can't even think of what kind of work would need to be done to her front end to accomodate new tires.

Here's another one:

I was calling around to see how much a local shop would replace my oil pan, oil pump and rear main seal because I wasn't sure if I'd have time to do the work myself, plus I'm nowhere near my house so I don't have any tools. I played ignorant and this one shop told me it would be a minimum of $1325. The oil pan was apparently almost $400, the oil pump $150 and the two gaskets needed were like $100. The rest was labor. They told me the labor was high because it was an 8 hour job. I didn't bother asking where they were getting their parts from for those prices. *sigh*

 

theres always work for for an honest mechanic and i dont see how or why people want to screw other people over, i just dont get it

 

I agree. I wish I had means to start a 4wd shop together to help out all the people that dont know anything vehicle/fab wise and not screw them over. thats one of the major things screwin up the country imho.

 

frank has the right idea, this is what cops and lawsuits are really for.
thankyou for your service and sorry for your problem. i wish i lived closer and i would try to help.
and yes the detroit replaces the entire carrier so you got ripped off bad.
dang this kind of effing sh** makes my blood boil.

 

This would all make perfect sense if you all knew the entire story. But you all dont. Your just speculating. Its fine it happens all the time. Im over this forum. Peace.