breakers yards

[spanner_monkey]

I have lost the will to live with this.

I saw an item on eBay that a breakers was selling listed as free delivery.
I enquirer about it wanting more info before clicking buy it now.
It has taken a week, several emails and phone calls to get the info.
Now they have upped the price and want to charge me postage.

SO ANNOYING!

[BIG GENERAL]

Hello
What breakers yard was it,and what part someone on here may have one.

[spanner_monkey]

The breakers is somewhere in chorley and the part was a differential. No one here will have what I need though.

Spent all week trying to explain that I need the ratios and that my registration and engine number would not tell them what part I need.

Set off wanting £375 for a complete axle plus *FREE DELIVERY*.
Now they want £350 for just the diff and £50 postage.

[robjames]

Thats a poor show!

I've had similar but I drove 100 miles to collect it, and when I tuned up they decided to up the price by £50

[spanner_monkey]

Its more frustrating that its taken a whole week to get the ratios out of them.

Also how can they justify £50 postage for a diff this week yet they would have delivered a whole axle last week for free?

I have lost my temper with it now anyway. Im going to wait for another one to come up now.

In all fairness £400 is probably still ok value but Im mad with them now.

[Karma Supra]

Yup they can be a nightmare to deal with...

I've almost given up looking for a complete Land cruiser Prado rear axle without the E locker!

Some of the prices they also ask for are obscene!

[spanner_monkey]

I have finaly sorted it and by coinsidence the diff I have gone for is a colorado/prado elocker and loom.

[spanner_monkey]

The saga continues.

I thought I had sorted all my problems when I got them to agree to a sensible price. The axle arrived on a pallet this afternoon. Brilliant......


....Until I had a propper look at it. Its the wrong ratio.

It only took a week to get through to them I wanted a 4.1:1 diff. They send me a 4.3:1.

Im waiting on a reply from them but I can bet it wont be good news. The best I can hope for is that they rectify their mistake and everyone is happy.
At very least I want all my money back.

Why is nothing ever easy?

[wishbone]

Easier to get a matching 282 front diff ? (especially if you're considering bigger tyres)

[spanner_monkey]

If they swap the diff for the correct one, which they should realy as its their mistake, then I will stick with the 4.1. If they tell me they dont have the correct diff I will either swap out my front diff for a 4.3, which would cost around £100, or get my money back and wait to find a 4.1.

Its more annoying to me that I told them what I needed, I told them how to identify the correct diff from the build plate, I even told them how to check the diff by rotating a wheel and counting the turns on the flange. Point is they just couldnt be bothered.

[wishbone]

E-locker diffs are pretty hard to find, 4.3 front diffs are easier to find.

If I was in your position I'd just buy a 4.3 front diff and sell on the 4.1 diff.

However I can understand why you are not happy.

I'm assuming you are staying with standard tyres as the 4.3 would be better if you were going up in size ?

[spanner_monkey]

I'm using 31" kl71 muds at the moment but plan on getting 33"s when funds allow. I know where you are coming from with the whole 4.3 thing. I just don't think its entirely necessary. I just wanted a nice easy swap, no messing and its turning into a nightmare.

[spanner_monkey]

So I havnt heard anything back from the breakers yet.

I have put some thought into just changing the front diff to match.

I may strip the diff out of the axle tomorrow.

Would there be any market for the axle here? Its a complete rear axle from a Landcruiser Colorado, I believe it may fit a 3rd gen surf too. It will obviously be minus the locking diff but does have shafts, disk brakes and calipers, I imagine these could be swapped onto a 3rd gen axle without problems. Would it be worth posting in the for sale section or would ebay be a better bet?

[robjames]

So I havnt heard anything back from the breakers yet.

I have put some thought into just changing the front diff to match.

I may strip the diff out of the axle tomorrow.

Would there be any market for the axle here? Its a complete rear axle from a Landcruiser Colorado, I believe it may fit a 3rd gen surf too. It will obviously be minus the locking diff but does have shafts, disk brakes and calipers, I imagine these could be swapped onto a 3rd gen axle without problems. Would it be worth posting in the for sale section or would ebay be a better bet?

If you wanna flog the 4.1 im in need again!!

[robjames]

Ignore that just seen it was a 4.3