96ET Member 62 Member For: 13y 11m 16d Gender: Male Posted 12/02/13 08:01 AM Posted 12/02/13 08:01 AM Hi Guys,Not sure if this has been asked before, but I am wanting to know where to purchase a strengthened Tail shaft from and what sort of coin I would be looking at ?I know that it is considered common to break the tail shaft once cars are getting into the 10's quarter times , I was considering changing mine before it breaks ? or should I just let it break then replace ?Cheers,Matt
relentless xr6 Member 363 Member For: 15y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 12/02/13 09:04 AM Posted 12/02/13 09:04 AM Hey mate Sydney drive lines built my tailshaft for my ute I have a c4 so I went a mark willams billet yoke I think the uni is a 1350 series 2 piece chrome moly tubing shaft and another 1350 uni at the diff end. From memory it cost me $1400
willo88 Member 700 Member For: 14y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 12/02/13 09:28 AM Posted 12/02/13 09:28 AM Let it break and then replace it...along with your fuel tank and anything else in the mangled bit of metals spinning fury!
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 20y 4m 6d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 12/02/13 09:47 AM Posted 12/02/13 09:47 AM exactly, letting it break may end up costing you 4 or 5 times what it would cost to replace it now
FPVFGS Member 359 Member For: 14y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Mornington Posted 12/02/13 09:56 AM Posted 12/02/13 09:56 AM Yep just ask me its all kinds of ducked up lucky I'm a welder coz big bucks to fix even I did half the work and it cost me 4g ....... My advice put a fark off big strenghtened one in now ,don't be tight ass bitch Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2
Bonjaz Legacy Donating Member 1,841 Member For: 17y 9m 25d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 12/02/13 10:02 AM Posted 12/02/13 10:02 AM hardy spicer and gj drive lines have built a few for boys on here with good reviews...
FPVFGS Member 359 Member For: 14y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Mornington Posted 12/02/13 12:27 PM Posted 12/02/13 12:27 PM ,^^^^agree gj did a great job with mine Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2
Bellato Legacy Donating Member 2,713 Member For: 15y 11m 13d Posted 12/02/13 10:56 PM Posted 12/02/13 10:56 PM Isn't there also a difference between a built one and strengthened one? If not searching for huge power it can work out cheaper to have your tailshaft taken out and strengthened as opposed to a building a new one from scratch yea?Anyone had any experience using a strengthened one and a built one? Worth the extra $$ to go new?
FPVFGS Member 359 Member For: 14y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Mornington Posted 13/02/13 11:09 AM Posted 13/02/13 11:09 AM Strengthend one is just thicker tube and same cv etc a built one is upgraded everything . I think Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2
Poelwyk Member 99 Member For: 15y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: Werribee,Melbourne, Australia Posted 13/04/13 10:49 AM Posted 13/04/13 10:49 AM looking at this as its got me a bit worried about my BA Shaft... where im melb can I get one built and what will it cost for a BA with a T56.. and what way should I go 1 part or 2 parts....
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