DK101
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- '93 VR SS - 304 T5, '95 Exec - 355 T5
Hey guys, I been having problems with my driveshaft for some time. I blew the old one out from the rear end in an angry clutch-dumping sorta moment, and had to replace it with a T5 shaft from a V6 wreck we had laying around. It hasn't held up and now the uni's, centre bearing, and the CV joint itself are all shagged out (pretty sure they were already lame before we removed it from the wreck).
I'm not an aggressive driver (on the streets) and have pretty much babied the car since I got it, except for one track/testing day, but I got a little mad when a drunken fight between mates got out of hand and my car copped a stray boot to the rear quarter. When you dump the clutch and hear that sound of the shaft coming loose from the diff at over 3500rpm you know you stuffed up...
I took the car (old spare shaft in the boot - minus the rear Uni, a worn centre bearing, and rooted CV) to some driveshaft and tranny shops to get them looked at and discuss my options, as well as taking it to 3 different mechanic shops to get their advice, and they all say the same thing - It's gonna be cheaper to find a new shaft than to rebuild my V8 shaft, as the CV joint and centre bearing is never fun or easy to do, let alone cheap.
Problem is, where the hell does a desperate commodore owner find a new shaft for a V8 T5 Manual VR without IRS? Rare spares? No. GMH? No. Tailshaft shops? No. Wreckers? No.
Pretty much chased my tail all the way round northern Vic trying to find one, and spent countless hours scouring eBay for parts, but it looks like I'm gonna hafta start searchin elsewhere...
There's a one-piece shaft from an old Holden sitting here where I'm staying, apprently fitted with hi-perf V8 uni's, I'm thinking it might be easier to get that custom fitted and balanced than it would be to find a whole new two-piece shaft...
Any help or advice you guys might be able to offer would be greatly appreciated, as I'm stuck at me missus' house, 150km from home and can't go anywhere until I find a new shaft...
I'm not an aggressive driver (on the streets) and have pretty much babied the car since I got it, except for one track/testing day, but I got a little mad when a drunken fight between mates got out of hand and my car copped a stray boot to the rear quarter. When you dump the clutch and hear that sound of the shaft coming loose from the diff at over 3500rpm you know you stuffed up...
I took the car (old spare shaft in the boot - minus the rear Uni, a worn centre bearing, and rooted CV) to some driveshaft and tranny shops to get them looked at and discuss my options, as well as taking it to 3 different mechanic shops to get their advice, and they all say the same thing - It's gonna be cheaper to find a new shaft than to rebuild my V8 shaft, as the CV joint and centre bearing is never fun or easy to do, let alone cheap.
Problem is, where the hell does a desperate commodore owner find a new shaft for a V8 T5 Manual VR without IRS? Rare spares? No. GMH? No. Tailshaft shops? No. Wreckers? No.
Pretty much chased my tail all the way round northern Vic trying to find one, and spent countless hours scouring eBay for parts, but it looks like I'm gonna hafta start searchin elsewhere...
There's a one-piece shaft from an old Holden sitting here where I'm staying, apprently fitted with hi-perf V8 uni's, I'm thinking it might be easier to get that custom fitted and balanced than it would be to find a whole new two-piece shaft...
Any help or advice you guys might be able to offer would be greatly appreciated, as I'm stuck at me missus' house, 150km from home and can't go anywhere until I find a new shaft...