franky
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| posted on 14/2/10 at 01:03 PM |
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New drive shafts or not
Should I fit new driveshafts to my build, New complete shafts are £75 each. Or should I pay £30ish each side in parts, strip, repaint and rebuild?
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stuart_g
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| posted on 14/2/10 at 02:17 PM |
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if the £75 includes all C.V. joints and are ready to fit, I would buy them and save the time on refurbing the old manky ones.
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snapper
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| posted on 14/2/10 at 06:31 PM |
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Drive shafts are pretty robust, i just painted mine and fitted, thinking that if i came across a problem with them i could fit another set any time
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coozer
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| posted on 14/2/10 at 06:36 PM |
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New shafts are £75 each? Thats VERY cheap. Replacement CV's are more than that and theres two of them..
Go for it I would say, if you dont have the ones from the donor?
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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franky
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| posted on 14/2/10 at 06:44 PM |
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Yep...
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/BMW_3+Series_328_2.8_1997/p/Car-Parts/Transmission/Transmission-Parts/Driveshafts/?654113161&1&aa9eae49f9f7b
b6030904caa34d7219398996f4e&DRSH
The ones off the donor will not fit as I'm not using the m3 brakes..... 315mm ish front and 286 rear might be a tad too much
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Hellfire
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| posted on 14/2/10 at 09:30 PM |
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The driveshafts aren't going to be subjected to the forces they were on the original donor vehicle, so I'd save a few quid and refurbish
some used ones.
Phil
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