Folbeck 4x4 re-geared my Tahoe a few months ago and I had taken it back to complain about excessive gearing noise in the rear end and how I thought the gearing they recommended was way too deep for my 33-inch tires. They didn’t think it was a big deal and downplayed anything being wrong. They initially offered to re- gear it for $1100.00 a few weeks later I also complained the front was making too much noise also. This is how well they stand behind their work and I no longer could trust them to do additional work on my Tahoe… It was time to find another shop.
So, I took it to a shop named Just rear ends and the following is what they found inside my differentials?
The rear gearing was not set up correctly by Folbeck and the gears were burned, and the differential was full of metal so it was going to hand grenade in the very near future.
My front gears were also set up wrong with extremely excessive back lash and were destined to fail soon too.
Good thing I decided to re-gear it now or I might have ended up getting stranded off road in the middle of nowhere.
The other shop also thought the 4.88 gearing recommended by Folbeck is way too deep and they recommend 4.11 would be a much better choice for my set up.
I will get it back tomorrow and let you guys know later how it turned out.
