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Does anybody know the flat rate time for changing the differential in a 69 vette? mike
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Dont know the flat rate but the rate wasnt based on components that havent been disassembled in as long as 51 years.
A wild guess with no problems is at least 4 hours.
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also add time/labor for an alignment. add lots more time if it has original toe shims.
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Dont know the flat rate but the rate wasnt based on components that havent been disassembled in as long as 51 years.
A wild guess with no problems is at least 4 hours.
thanks,i can work with that,i changed it with a friend before but my back doesn't want me to do it anymore.
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also add time/labor for an alignment. add lots more time if it has original toe shims.
don't remind me about that o.k. actually I've already figured that into the damage report. thanks for the heads up though.
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