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Author Subject: Driveshafts advisable?
specter

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any experience with these?


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Posted 22nd Mar 2013 at 10:58
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any experience with these?


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possibly the best option.
An non abs OEM one is about £300 and a reconditioned one with abs is £150 ish Shock
Apparently they are OEM and the company has ben selling driveshafts for 26 years.
I just ordered left and right for £34.99 each - arriving Monday. Whistle
Posted 22nd Mar 2013 at 13:27
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Civic forum seem to rate them!

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Posted 22nd Mar 2013 at 18:43
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Any mention of a brand at all from the civic users?

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  • Posted 22nd Mar 2013 at 18:48
    daver6

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    Chinese made, but with a 2 year warranty.

    All the civic boys are putting 500bhp through theirs, they say

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    Posted 22nd Mar 2013 at 18:51
    jamiek_uk2000

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    Let us know how you get off with them if you do get one, do seem a bit too cheap to be true

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    Posted 22nd Mar 2013 at 19:14
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    Used these with quaife diff and 7500rpm launches for approx 6 months with no problems my engine blew before I broke these shafts. Thumbs up

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    Posted 23rd Mar 2013 at 11:07
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    So far I have been impressed with the company. I phoned through on the delivery day to check times. They put me through to a dedicated department who asked for post code and gave me an exact hour slot and it arrived on time. Good quality and the different in a nice tight drive train is great.

    Also raised the rear suspension, fitted a new clutch and clutch cable and gave it a full service. I now have a 10k engine, new clutch, new driveshafts and new wheel bearings, steering column ... car drives like showroom car after 6 years of project! It takes any corner at any speed in complete safety and absorbs everything a b road can throw at it without drama. After 6 years and more suspension adjustments than I care to admit she can do the kessler run in 12 parsecs Whistle

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    Posted 31st Mar 2013 at 03:49
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    Is it just me or is there only a near side one available for the 6?

    Do these shafts fit a s16?
    Posted 31st Mar 2013 at 08:04
    daver6

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    elpatron wrote:
    Is it just me or is there only a near side one available for the 6?

    Do these shafts fit a s16?


    I sent a message and got this;

    "Hi, we only ever sell the Near Side item as Peugeot specified that the Off Side item would not need replacing and would last the life of the vehicle.

    Many thanks,
    j_r2006"

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    Posted 1st Apr 2013 at 09:42
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    [b]"Hi order qty x2 of this item, we will send you a matching pair, regards J&R

    - j_r2006"[/b]

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    Posted 1st Apr 2013 at 09:42
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    daver6 wrote:
    [b]"Hi order qty x2 of this item, we will send you a matching pair, regards J&R

    - j_r2006"[/b]


    A matching pair as in 2 x nearside ones? LOL

    I don't know how they can say that Peugeot told them the offside ones wouldn't need replacing, they are the ones with the intermediate bearing in which has a high failure rate. Doh

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    Posted 1st Apr 2013 at 10:20
    rich306

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    I have two standard OE Driveshafts here sitting in my shed if you're interested.

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    Posted 1st Apr 2013 at 11:14
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    Might order a set seen as my fkywheel probs knocked me back a bit

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    iplay wrote:
    So far I have been impressed with the company. I phoned through on the delivery day to check times. They put me through to a dedicated department who asked for post code and gave me an exact hour slot and it arrived on time. Good quality and the different in a nice tight drive train is great.

    Also raised the rear suspension, fitted a new clutch and clutch cable and gave it a full service. I now have a 10k engine, new clutch, new driveshafts and new wheel bearings, steering column ... car drives like showroom car after 6 years of project! It takes any corner at any speed in complete safety and absorbs everything a b road can throw at it without drama. After 6 years and more suspension adjustments than I care to admit she can do the kessler run in 12 parsecs Whistle

    /end project!



    So did you get one long shaft with intermediate bearing and one short shaft? As there seems to be a bit of confusion going by the last few posts

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    Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 06:09
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    Got these's on my Transit Connect and seem good so far. Done 10k miles on them with no problem.

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    Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 12:55
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    I phoned the company up and gave them my reg and they send both left and right shafts ... so far very good.
    my little one hid both sets of keys (knowing I had to fly out of Heathrow - bloody kids! Big grin). So a rapid 210 mile test at 3am would have revealed any weakness Thumbs up
    Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 17:52
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    I have had a few of these for various cars. there are pretty good quality for the price, not had a problem with them so far. I would say they are better quality than the ones your get from euro/gsf and a fraction of the price.
    Posted 2nd Apr 2013 at 17:57
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    I had a pair of faulty brake calipers from them and they were complete bas**rds to deal with, after them sending out 3 (!?) replacements all with the same fault, despite me spending several hours on the phone to get through to the 'technical manager' to explain the issue and ask if he could check the next calipers - same thing, same thing, same thing....

    It took forever to arrange pickup of the old ones and so far, 8 months later, I'm still chasing a refund for 4 calipers (I had to buy the second set outright because I couldn't wait on the original pair shipping back to them, which they assured an immediate refund for - never happened).

    Complete set of arse monkeys.
    I got so p**sed off I just went up to GSF for a pair in the end and sent the whole f**king lot back.

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