RE: Drive Shaft CV Joints '86 4000 Q

[Mark Hilbush <markh@clark.net>]

> From: John Winkelman <digerati@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>
> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 23:30:31 -0800
> Subject: Re: Drive Shaft CV Joints '86 4000 Q
> 
> Tilden, John wrote:
> > 
> >  I finally found  the Drive Shaft CV Joints at GPR !  800 321-5432.
> > $93- each.
> > They also have the center bearing.
> > 
> >   John Tilden
> > tilden@data-io.com..................................
> Good info to have!  I understand from my mechanic that the 5k quattros 
> use the same CV joint. (And that the front and rears are identical.)

This may be a naive question (and I'm sure if it is, someone will point this out immediately), but why wouldn't you go with a remanufactured half-shaft?  At approx $120 US and a lifetime guarantee, it seems like a easy choice, especially given the ease with which you can replace the entire shaft.  What am I missing here?

-- 
Mark Hilbush
Baltimore, MD
87 4kq