What's a good price, complete rear end, posi

[special-K]

I bought a rarer than hens teeth 6-lug coil Dana 60 3.54:1 posi for $850 because it was totally rebuilt drum to drum (shiny black,too). I'd just buy an Auburn Gear posi and install it in the rear you have,and go over anything else it needs while you're at it. You'll probably have that $800 spent right there

[Hawghauler]

I have to say, rather than paying $800 for an unknown un-rebuilt rear end, I'd pay a shop to rebuild mine and add a limited slip to it. Shouldn't be too much more cost wise, and the difference is worth the dependability and the warrantee. Not to mention getting it sooner without having to transport it. I don't know about you, but driving 250 miles in my truck would buy the average rear end with the gas money spent. These coil rear ends aren't common, so you may have to wait a while to find exactly the one you want, and you very likely will have to spend money on what you do find.
I would offer him $250 for it, stating that it needs to have money spent to refresh it, that you are going to have to transport it, and wait for him to cave. If he doesn't and someone buys it, well there are plenty of fools with their money going separate ways. I don't recommend you be one of them. Give him a couple of weeks of no buyers, and he'll probably cave. In the end, no used coil c10 rear end is worth $500.
Good luck.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by LONGHAIR

There is a whole lot more to it than most people think...reading the manual sounds easy, but most guys run out of patience before it is perfect. Pressing the bearings off-on, more than once gets old, especially if something slips and you ruin one.
I have rebuilt quite a few that the owner "tried" to do himself, all because they got it "close" ....and close is not good enough. If you run it "close", it is destroyed, and you start over from square one.
Pay a professional, get a warranty......priceless

I completely agree. I'm all for doing things yourself (see my truck, mustang, and house remodel threads in my signature) but there are two things that I will never attempt to rebuild. An automatic transmission and a GM rear axle (a lot of the old fords, and maybe newer? the whole third member is swappable!) It's way too easy to screw up and it really doesn't cost that much to have someone do it right, then if THEY did screw up, you have a warranty for THEM to do it again, instead of you having to pay for the parts again AND pay someone to do it the second time!