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Exchange diffs and diff repairs for Levin

Levin is the Horowhenua service town on SH1, about an hour north of Wellington and 45 minutes south of Palmerston North. Market gardening and dairy surround it, and a growing number of residents commute to the capital. Town addresses are standard courier; the growing blocks and farms around it are often rural.

Courier: 2 to 3 working days, typically Freight: free, both ways Fitting: any Levin mechanic, notes in the box
Courier from Christchurch to Levin

2 to 3 working days, typically

Dispatched from Christchurch, across Cook Strait on the freight network, then out on the local courier run.

Indicative only. Transit depends on the courier network and the time of day the order is placed. Tracking is emailed when the unit leaves the workshop.

  • Rural delivery addresses: allow an extra working day each way.
  • Oversize or heavy items such as complete beam axles travel with Move Logistics and are quoted by phone before anything is charged.
  • Freight on exchange diffs is free in both directions. The return label for your old unit is in the box.

Units Levin drivers ask for

All exchange diffs

Not seeing your vehicle? Around 120 units are on the shelf and not all are online yet. Send your rego and the team will check.

Farm and rural utes

Common jobs for Levin drivers

Market garden utes towing produce trailers on sandy, wet ground and dairy farm utes from the plains are the mainstay. Hilux, Ranger, Colorado and D-Max rear ends would be the common swaps, with commuter cars adding the occasional Commodore rear diff. For the growers, a ute off the road in season is costly, so the one visit exchange fit is the practical option.

Any mechanic in Levin can fit an exchange diff head. The unit arrives with fitting notes, the ratio tagged on the housing and the oil specification, and the team in Christchurch is on the phone to your workshop if anything about the model needs checking. For a repair to your own unit rather than an exchange, the diff travels to Christchurch on the courier and back, freight free, while the vehicle stays with your local workshop.

Ordering from Levin

I am on a rural address outside Levin. Does that change anything?

Rural delivery usually adds a working day each way, and the courier needs a clear pickup point for the old unit on the way back. Tell the team the address is rural when you order and the freight is booked to suit.

Can you quote before I order?

Yes. Send the rego and a line about the noise or fault through the enquiry form and the team confirms the right unit and the price, core charge included, before you commit to anything.

Still not sure? Call 03 381 0320 or send your rego and the team will match the right unit.

Send us your rego from Levin

The team confirms the right unit, the price including the core charge, and the courier time to your address. Replies the same working day. Or call the team on 03 381 0320, Mon to Fri 8am to 5pm.