I currently live on long island. I blew out my front axle dana 30 high pinion 3.55 gears. Basically you can shake hands with the pinion shaft. Also, my rear gear bearings are shot. I'm looking for a place on Long Island that specializes in rebuilding axles on the car. If you know any good shops that can do this for a decent price let me know ASAP. Thanks.

 

u outta be able to get used front and rear axles at a junkyard for about $150 per axle.

 

Yeah, I concur. Ur use of words like ''blew out'' and ''shake hands'' leads me to the assumtion that u might be better off to start from scratch and change out the whole axle housing. It will definitley be cheaper to buy new axles from the JY and change'em urself.

 

I jus put a junk yard axle in in feb i want to do the gears in and put 390 or 410. And plus your not garentee that they are good axles.

 

lol, u'll probably get further with used axles from a junkyard than you will with the ones you have now.
nationwide used auto parts in central valley (46 mi from you) has a 1999 29-spline C8.25 with 107k miles and 4.10s for $300... much cheaper than rebuilding yours. i bet that thing still has clear fluid in the diff. i'd jump right on that, if i were u.
wahl auto (146 mi from u) has a '95 D30 with 4.10s and 89k miles for $250.
that combo would be a steal.
and you'll have spare shafts and knuckles from your current axle set.

 

I found a place closer to me that has the axles i need for right now i just need to get it able for me to feel safe driving it.

 

they also have a Spicer 35 with 3.55 gears. Would that work with my set up without damaging the bank to much.

 

so, u wanna get another crappy Dana 35? is that smart?

 

The D35 shouldnt be a problem as long as your not running real large tires and wheeling hard. I mean its made it this long right? What you need to watch is the potholes on the LIE, thats what may have done it in lol

 

i go 32's on it now im not planning on going any bigger. Eventualy i prob will just cause you know how us jeep guys are haha.

 

ok, maybe i'm not understanding what you're trying to say.
u want to get some axle work done, including re-gearing. front and back. that's about $1000 minimum for parts and labor at a buddy-rate.
i suggest better axles (FRONT AND BACK) for half of that price, and that's what's breaking the bank for you?
i have to ask this... but, did u know that you have a low pinion front axle and Dana 35 is one of the weakest axles out there?

 

When i did the axle swap in, in feb, I put in a d30 High pinion front end, and my jeep came stock with a Chrysler 8 1/4 i got a quote on just doing gears and bearing at a shop on the south shore they want 700 to do them while the axle is on the truck. I want to keep the high pinion set up. Thats why i want to keep the housing. It's just to much to handle right now these 60 hr weeks are killing me, I have no time to go and fix my own truck by myself anymore. So i think I'm just going to have the gears done by them. But thanks for the info.

 

oh, ok. well, first of all C8.25 is a good axle, so u outta keep it instead of getting a Dana 35. second, $700 to do the front and back is an excellent deal, i'd go for it. third, if you're gonna do gears for 32s, do yourself a favor and go straight to 4.56s.