Posted by Keith in Washington from 207.46.137.9 (tide09.microsoft.com) on Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 7:38PM :
In Reply to: Mopar parts mail order posted by bill from 12.227.74.59 (12-227-74-59.client.attbi.com) on Thursday, April 11, 2002 at 4:17PM :
I never go to a car dealer to buy parts if possible. I just had to replace the spindle, seals, an axle nut and the lock ring for the axle nuts on my Dana 44. I went to a drive line store and spent a total of $56.00 ($2 for the nut, $0.52 for the lock ring and $49 for the spindle kit (which included the spindle, inner needle bearings and seals.)plus a couple of $ in taxes.
You do not need to go to a genuine Mopar place for these parts. They buy them from Dana who makes them so why not go straight to the source and take the middle man out as they have such a high mark up. I know at times you are forced to the dearlership for some parts but why get screwed when you do not need to?