Thread: Front and rear lockers am i getting riped off

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dman &#064; May 19 2006, 12&#58;34 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'>
Today i got priceses from les richmond for Lockers and axles (maxi drive)
&#036;3800 for the front fitted [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif[/img]
&#036;3500 for the rear fitted
this price didn,t include labour &#036; your guess is as good as mine
my 97 tdi 130 has done over 300,000 klms so the the guy said that there would be other expences ontop of the quoted maxi drive kit prices like crown wheel and so on..

front locker and axles kit price was &#036;1870 and the rear was &#036;14 to&#036;1500...
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&#036;7300

I put Airlockers in mine for &#036;2200 with the compressor. Admittedly no axel upgrade but I still aint broken anything....yet.
I also fitted mine myself, not real hard if you not changing your crown wheel and pinion.
Ring Jac Mac, have to be cheeper.

&#036;7300 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]

I got a rear maxi drive locker + axles + fitting in a Disco last year for $2500

Same quote from a couple of LR specialists ( Ritters. Range Rove )

Sounds like your quote is a little overpriced.

If it helps THe previous owner of my 130 spent $4500 a few years back on doing the rear diff in mine. But he did seem to have an open wallet when it came to the Defender.

Fred Smith quoted me $2500 for the Rear maxi with axles and labour in my Defender (salisbury)

id say they are taking you for a ride

Best thing to do is to get a couple of quotes and compare.

Try Range Rov in Mitcham maybe Ritters and you could also try Anthony from Landy Spares.

LRA are always fairly expensive but they also always do a great job.

ill beat hiline to this one give glen a call at roverland in ferntreegully (97585777)

i had my timing belt and a couple of other things done yesterday on the fender great guy and does a great job highly recomended


bye the way dont forget to mention the forum and of course the (BIG FELLA) hiline (ray) = a saving on bucks

cheers chris

I had my front maxi fitted for $2350 all up inc. the locker. Admitingly I paid Mal cash for it and picked it up from MD direct so I saved about $200.

The going rate up here in QLD is aboutn $2600 unless you need bearings and so dforth replaced. maybe LRA do these as a matter of principal, but that shouldn't add up to the price you're been quoted.

Good luck with it.

Trav

LRA account for replacing the crownwheel and pinion if the car has done over 120,000(i think, could be 200,000). I think the locker and axles are about $1900, plus a ring and pinion, $650+. Don't know where they got $3000+ from, that must be fitted. If you have to change ratios, go the toy route with jacmac axles and tjm prolocker, a fair bit cheaper and you get a stonger diff.