[Vwdiesel] CV axle problems

[Libbybapa at wmconnect.com]

A couple of years back I got a couple of "remanufactured" driveshafts from 
Checker with a lifetime warranty.  I had recently moved to AZ from Maine where 
there aren't any Checker stores.  In the past I had decent luck with reman 
driveshafts.  I didn't realize the mistake I was making.  I turned in my cores 
when I picked them up and didn't get to putting them on until the next day.  When 
I looked at them I couldnt belive what junk they were.  It looked like 
someone had freehanded a Makita on the cages, the balls were loose in the tracks, 
and not all wear and pitting was machined out of the grooves.  They were 
literally much worse than the ones I had turned in.  I returned them and got others 
ordered three times before giving up and buying new joints elsewhere.  I had 
avoided that in the first place just for the "convenience" of having them 
assembled.   One of the times they were ordered they even sent one that was a 
different legth than either of the others.  Hmmm.  I think that the lifetime 
warranty must guarantee that you will never get a decent driveshaft from them in your 
lifetime.  Checker, Shucks, Kragen- YIPES!!
Andrew