[s-cars] driveshaft woes

[chris chambers]

As far as I  know the only source for the complete drive shaft is the
dealer, and they are quite pricey...last time I checked it was $1,100!

My suggestion, rebuild the driveshaft or check with Elijah I believe he
was parting out a couple cars that just might have good drive shafts.

There is no way replacing the U-jont and re-balancing the driveshaft
will approach $1,100. Here is a link to the urs4.com write up.

http://urs4.com/technical/transmission.html#driveshaft

HTH

Chris

--- "Varon H. Fugman" <vfugman at globaldialog.com> wrote:
> OK, in addition to the center bearing carrier assembly, I need a new
> center
> U-joint on my driveshaft.  The CV joints at each end are bone dry,
> too, but
> it sounds from the list that repacking with grease usually brings
> them back
> to life.
> 
> So given that at a minimum I need the U-joint and a center bearing
> carrier
> (not available, would need to fabricate with BMW part or send old one
> out to
> have a new center bonded in), plus the driveshaft would need to be
> rebalanced after installing a new U-joint, is it worth pursuing, or
> should I
> just bite the bullet and get a replacement Audi driveshaft?
> 
> No point doing lots of legwork and figuring out how to make that BMW
> part
> work if all the shop charges are going to add up to the cost of a new
> driveshaft anyway!
> 
> Any suggestions on sources for the driveshaft?
> 
> Varon
> 95 urS6 not quattro at the moment
> 
> P.S. My wife had a great idea... just leave the driveshaft off and
> have the
> worlds only FWD S6!  Horrid thoughts of welding the Torsen solid
> briefly
> flashed through my mind!  Ahhhhhh!
> 
> 
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