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StefansBus
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 Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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| Why always the reference to power when it should be torque that matters when it comes to transmissions? |
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vwinnovator
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Location: Still doing it in the back of your VW
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| Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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only built to handle 160hp??
what factor determined the 160hp cut off point??
if it can handle 160hp it can handle 180.... |
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fivelugshortaxle
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Joined: May 13, 2011
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Location: Aumsville, Oregon
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| Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:21 am Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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| ....... and pulled the super diff out.....CHINESE DIFF!! For what I paid for this transaxle I was very surprised to see a Chinese super diff. .... |
all swing axle superdiffs are made in china. including the one you just bought from Weddle. |
I know that. I should have elaborated. It was a very weak looking....bottom of the line chinese diff. The one from weddle is far better. Beefier. Looks much stronger. First time the trans went out the blame it ok n aftermarket chinese bearings. They fixed it and used German bearings. Nothing but problems afterward. The last time I touched it I pulled the drivers side axle and reset the fulcrum plates 4 times. 4 times!!!!. Evwry single time the fulcrum plate would drop behind the spade. Passenger side had zero issues. Apparently I can do it correctly on the passenger side and not the drivers side? I call bs that the issue was caused by me. I'll post up the measurements on that cheap super diff this coming weekend.
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Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
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Bruce
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Location: Left coast, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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| fivelugshortaxle wrote: |
| ....... and pulled the super diff out.....CHINESE DIFF!! For what I paid for this transaxle I was very surprised to see a Chinese super diff. .... |
all swing axle superdiffs are made in china. including the one you just bought from Weddle.
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fivelugshortaxle
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Joined: May 13, 2011
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Location: Aumsville, Oregon
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| Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 3:25 am Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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My feedback for my Rancho transaxle. I called and spoke with.... not sure but maybe it was Mike. Told them what motor I was running and said I was around 180 to 190 horsepower. Ordered a 3.88 ring amd pinion transaxle with chromoly axles. After maybe a hundred miles it developed a whine in 4th gear which eventually crept into all 4 gears. Rancho sent a truck to pick up the transaxle to be repaired. Whem they got into it I was told the culprit was an aftermarket gear carrier bearing. They fixed it and sent it back. The first thing I noticed when I got it was a tag that read "ONE TIME ONLY WARRANTY REPAIR". That bothered me. I had no idea what I was in store for. Installed the transaxle and noticed that drivers side didnt seem right. Wheel slightly rocked. I figured I must have pulled the axle out enough at some point for the fulcrum plate to drop behind the spade. Pulled transaxle and that side axle tube to fix it. Got it set up correctly and put back together, tak ik ng special car to keep that axle pushed in until I could get the drum on and torqued....(I always torque to 300 ft lbs and with an actual torque wrench.) Guess what? Same issue. I had to set everything aside as I was going through a divorce so I got back into it a few months ago. Took it apart and reset again....actually 3 times on a saturday. Needless to say the same problem. I emailed Rancho.....actually pretty nasty email that I'm not proud of.....or wasnt until I got the response. The response I got was that the transaxle was built to handle 160 horsepower. What!?!?!?!?!? I distinctly told them what motor I was running and that my hp was somewhere above 180 or so. I took my transaxle to a guy I met in Washington state...guy named Kyle. He worked under a guy that used to build transaxles and raced a car called Strictly Speed. He took the axles out and pulled the super diff out.....CHINESE DIFF!! For what I paid for this transaxle I was very surprised to see a Chinese super diff. The diff was out of round where the fulcrum slips in. Actually took quite a bit of doing to get the fulcrum out. Horrible experience with the transaxle....what I received was not what I ordered( I told about 180hp...they did it would only handle to 160) and paid for. This problem also did a little damage to the drivers side chromoly axle so I've had to buy another one of those. A Weddle super diff is also going in it. Lots of money out and lots of problems after my "One time warranty repair". Not good business practice. No, the car never wore slicks and no, I dont do burnouts. Car was street driven and care was taken on accelerating from a dead stop. Zero clutch dumps.
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2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
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Bruce
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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For a custom request like this, you need to call them. Talk to Mike.
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calsurfnative
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Location: Lancaster ca
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| Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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| I guess they could use them to rebuild but I'm exchanging my swing arm and reduction gears for a strait axle |
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calsurfnative
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| Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2019 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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| I'm purchasing the pro street tranny and strait axles (bus boy tubes) for my bus, for the core do i give them my complete axles, drums and also my reduction gears? or can i keep them and just us give them the tranny Thanks |
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fivelugshortaxle
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| Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Rancho Transaxles |
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Top notch. My Rancho swingaxle has a horrible whine in 4th gear. Emailed them last night....first thing this morning I get an email back saying they are going to build another for me so we can just do a straight swap and as little down time as possible. Extremely happy with that! You can't ask for anything more.
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Good things come to those who wait.
2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
Kennedy Stage 2 with Daiken disc |
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SGKent 
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Once again these guys came thru for me. Really appreciate their help. A+ kinda folks. Extremely customer service oriented. Thank you again. Wish more companies were as good as Rancho.
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fivelugshortaxle
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Please don't take my above post as negative. It was not meant so in any way. And yes, I'm having you guys build my transaxle for one reason. Rancho is the best. If it takes a little longer than my impatient butt likes...so be it. Nothing good happens quickly anyway.
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Good things come to those who wait.
2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
Kennedy Stage 2 with Daiken disc |
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RanchoParts
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Location: Fullerton CA
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Hi
Just want to let you know that we do the best we can every day
to give the customers the best Transaxle money can buy. We apologize
for any delay but occasionally we receive an over load of orders and production gets back up. You may want to ask yourself why is Rancho so busy? It's because we offer a service that is unmatched buy anyone in the industry.
In no way am I trying to sound Arrogant, so please do not take it
that way.
If you have any questions please contact me I would be happy to answer them.
Thanks
Mike Herbert
Rancho Performance Transaxles |
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fivelugshortaxle
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some of the replies here kill me....
in the "want it yesterday" world we live in, you guys need to plan...3 or 4 months to have something built is the norm in restoration. I think leaving negative/neutral feedback for something that you never ordered is lame.
and I laugh at how some of you think "big coin" is 1k-2,500. it may be to you and your situation, but in the grand scheme of things, it's a drop in the bucket.
I think most of you need to learn how to wait your turn and stop with the entitlement "it's all about me" attitude. people get busy. they are busy for a reason. but know this...fewer and fewer guys are doing this so long lead times are to be expected.
in 4 years, you couldn't pull the trigger on getting a transmission? come the f*ck on....now 4 months is going to be a deal breaker? and as annoying as it is, when they don't call or email you back, it pretty much means they don't need your business |
All business need as much business as they can get. Thats the name of the game. I wasnt trying to be a jackass, simply stating what ive e,perienced so far. And this day and age, an email is quick and easy to send. Everybody has a smart phone. And yes, 2 grand is a lot of money. 4 months for a transmission is a joke. Im sure they do great work, thats a well known fact. But im not waiting 4 months. I was told 6 weeks, which is fine. I just thought it was strange that I disnt get an email back. Maybe theyre not computer guys....maybe theyre busy as hell. Fine. But ai hope to get a reply back and get a transaxle built by them.....and that it 2ill take 6 to 7 weeks. There are other, good companies that build them too. And do it well. Would I rather have Rancho do it? Yes. Their rep is awesome.
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Good things come to those who wait.
2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
Kennedy Stage 2 with Daiken disc |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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some of the replies here kill me....
in the "want it yesterday" world we live in, you guys need to plan...3 or 4 months to have something built is the norm in restoration. I think leaving negative/neutral feedback for something that you never ordered is lame.
and I laugh at how some of you think "big coin" is 1k-2,500. it may be to you and your situation, but in the grand scheme of things, it's a drop in the bucket.
I think most of you need to learn how to wait your turn and stop with the entitlement "it's all about me" attitude. people get busy. they are busy for a reason. but know this...fewer and fewer guys are doing this so long lead times are to be expected.
in 4 years, you couldn't pull the trigger on getting a transmission? come the f*ck on....now 4 months is going to be a deal breaker? and as annoying as it is, when they don't call or email you back, it pretty much means they don't need your business
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fivelugshortaxle
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Been waiting a week for a reply back from an email I sent. I'm about to spend big bucks with them and I can't get a simple email back? I'm beginning to think it was a mistake to have my core with 3.88 ring and pinion sent to them. I'll give it another week and if I still haven't gotten a reply, I'll ask for them to mail the core to another builder for me. I've got a car that I've been building for about 4 years, and I am not about to wait four months on a transaxle that I'm willing to spend big bucks on.
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Good things come to those who wait.
2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
Kennedy Stage 2 with Daiken disc |
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Wileypost
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| None of this really matters if they just don't ship to a customer now and then. Who knows if you'll get one or not. Waited four months before I canceled. |
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fivelugshortaxle
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great product...when i finally got one
you guys really need someone to "answer" phonecalls and e-mails
it really lets your business down  |
This was my main issue. Guys seemed nice enough, but trying to get a hold of anyone was a headache. In addition, one time I did call back and asked for Sam.. he was busy and the I assumed the guy said Sam would call me back. The guy said, "No, I said you needed to call back." I hung up.
Later I called back and spoke with Sam. Sam indicated that he spoke with that guy and the guy said the complete opposite. Sam was friendly enough, but I don't feel he believed me. He was very protective of his guys.. which speaks to his character, but I hope he listened to my feedback for his own sake.
Other than that, I have not received the transmission yet, but I have read many great things on this board.. and that is the reason I went with them in the first place, and as I told Sam, their reputation on this board is why I am continuing to move forward with my purchase besides the questionable customer service over the phone. |
I got to say I am REALLY hoping that they did a quality job on the transmission when I get it because the entire customer service experience has been trying. I noticed today on my Credit Card that I was double-billed. $918.39 and then another $1113.39 on 5/9. The charge on 5/9 was when they were to only charge for the core.
I spoke to Sam, but again it was a headache trying to get a hold of him. He was able to rectify it right away and apologized, but wow.. they really need to work on the customer service. They might consider me small time, but I about had a heart attack when I saw I was billed approx an extra $1000. |
Well, I got the trans and it is damaged. By the shipping company of course, but this whole experience has been nothing but bad. The damage is probably considered minimal. It is a gouge in the side of the bell housing... but when you pay a grand for a quality product you expect more.
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That's damaged? What a joke.
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Good things come to those who wait.
2332 with lots of goodies....
Rotating assembly balanced by Brothers VW
4340 84mm crank
AA 94mm p&c' s
Total seal 2nd ring, rest are Grants
5.5 h beams
Magnum straight cuts
Steve Long XR310 on a 106
CB 1.4 rockers
CB Magnaspark 2 distributor
NGK D7ea plugs
A1 lowdown 1 3/4 with single muffler
Dellorto 48's with 40 venturies
Kennedy Stage 2 with Daiken disc |
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Redlocker
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| Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 8:31 pm Post subject: Rancho Customer Service was A+ to me. |
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I had been searching for an 002 Bellhousing to finish my test run stand (I do a fair amount of 6 volt engines so the 091 will not work with the 6 volt starters/ring gears).
After posting a WTB ad on this site I had several "hits". It seemed the going rate was $100 plus shipping. One of the "hits" wasn't trying to sell me his, but rather was recommending that I contact Rancho to see if they would sale me one. He said that they sold him one for $25 (I have no idea how long ago that was and if he picked it up or had it shipped). Sounded good to me. So I emailed Rancho.
Mike at Rancho replied back rather quickly with an offer of $50 shipped to Pennsylvania. I then called him, paid him over the phone on Tuesday May 5th, 2015. At my request on Thursday May 7th, 2015, I received FedEx tracking info from him and it was delivered Saturday morning May 9th, 2015.
I can only speak from my experiences, by Rancho rules. I am a very satisfied customer. Exactly what I needed at a more than fair price, shipped quickly, and was packaged well in an appropriately sized box filled with foam packaging peanuts.
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| Just wondering if there are any updates to this thread. I ordered a Pro Street back in November before Thanksgiving, and I was told today (for the third time) "it will be at least two more weeks". Dave is apologetic and says they are just swamped. Anyone else experiencing this. Should I cut my loses and go somewhere else? This is holding up my build now and I have other projects waiting. |
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