VIN vs. chassis # (and blown CV joints)

[Craig D. Niederst]

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My brother managed to blow both of the CV joints out of the '86 CGT, so

I'm looking to buy a pair of remanufactured half shafts. I checked

locally at the AutoZone and Advance Auto Parts places, and they both run

~$80 per side plus a $45 core charge (with a lifetime guarantee). When

looking up the parts, the computer asks before or after chassis # 81D077974=
 (which according to them is on the center of the firewall). Unfortunately,=
 that number corresponds to nothing that I can see on the CGT. The last 9 c=
haracters of my VIN are 4GA141877, which looks nothing like the chassis # t=
hey list. So do I basically buy the one with the later chassis # range? Als=
o, they are out of stock of the driver side shaft. Are there other sources =
of these shafts online that are reasonable (Blau @ $220 a side is not reaso=
nable IMHO). TIA.



Craig

'92 100S (101k)

'86 CGT (221k)


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