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nice job! good thing its and easy fix

mud_king91 wrote:nice job! good thing its and easy fix

Please elaborate, I don't know what to do next.

Buy a new shaft!
I don't think you will be rebuilding that one!

Cheaper to buy just a new inner CV (double offset joint) and fit it to your shaft

The inner Cv joint has failed and need to be replaced. Replacing the inner is a lot easier and would be cheaper BUT consider that the outer won't hold much longer and it would be better in the long run to replace the whole shaft and only do the job once. I did replace only an inner once only to have to do the outer 2weeks later...., Ended costing the same but twice the pain of removing and installing it. Last time i got a CV was about $180. might be cheaper. Shop around. Call 93302760, they are quite good i heard but i have no idea if they are expensive. Or as Andrewt normally recommends, try Alan cv joint in Subiaco i think. Btw, where Andrew??? didn't see a post from him for a while....

Better off buying a good second hand one, 20min to change the whole thing and $100-$150 all up.

Here you go, find a store you trust and buy on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_nkw= ... m270.l1313

d_generate wrote:Better off buying a good second hand one, 20min to change the whole thing and $100-$150 all up.

I wouldn't be buying a secondhand driveshaft.

Buy a new shaft with a warranty.

Yeah only buy second had if you are selling the car soon. Especially major parts like cv jonts as you have no idea how long the shaft will last unless the part has a history.

Thanks everyone.

Brumby Kid wrote:Here you go, find a store you trust and buy on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_nkw= ... m270.l1313

Has anyone used any of these sellers?

Does anyone who works in the automotive industry know how much they are at trade price?

Cheers.

So the other side CV's are the same age, is it worthwhile doing that as well or wait until it fails ?

Someone mentioned replacing inner CVs before, I've never seen replacement inner CVs for sale anywhere and CV places refuse/lie/don't want to sell me any. Outer CVs are everywhere on eBay but no inners. So where do you get your inner CVs from?

Still a good price if you can buy a complete shaft for about $100.

I paid that for 2 shafts each 4 years ago.

The two "new" aftermarket shafts I put on mine lasted exactly 1 day offroad before the boots split on each one, I'd rather have a pair of good genuine Subaru 2nd hand ones than some crap Taiwanese worthless junk but I guess Impreza's are a bit newer than L's & Brumby's so better stuff to chose from.

If you plan to use the car only to go to work and back i guess ebay whorthless taiwanese copies would be worth it BUT if you plan to go off road, Buy proper stuff from the shops i told you about. I bought two new L series shafts from them when i had the ea82 gearbox, they lasted a year and a half, will all the ken block style driving i did on a 3inch lifted car and when i sold them the boot still didn't have a slight sign of stress or wear. Those were from alan's cv joint.

So got the boys from Outer Control around and they fitted a new shaft. Brumby now rides great, I reckon the CV must have been on the way out as the wheel wobble has now gone too.