Don't worry, nobody pays that. Custom front shaft is around the $500-$600 mark :)
Cheers
Steve
Printable View
When I called around I could get my front driveshaft rebuilt including a new slip joint for less than $600, I just called a few near me that turned up on a google search. In the end I got a second hand front shaft for $50 from pick and payless at Blacktown, my slip joint was worn so this was the main thing I was concerned about. Of course Wooders can order them to length etc and is around that price I think but dont quote me on that.
Cheers
Steve
Ended up buy a new one from the States at a good price. Less hassle and I can keep the old one just in case
I installed the new shaft which was relatively the same as before except I went with sealed uni this time rather than greasable.
Any way after the initial drive the whining noise has improved but not totally. Still there, especially at 50-60kph ish...
Any ideas on what else I can check or more importantly any advise on what the tolerances of the moving parts should be if any? For example - should the shaft move at all when locked, should he shaft move a little before the wheels actually turn, That sort of thing...
Thanks
Steve
Not for nothing...but have you checked the condition and amount of oil in your TC lately??
I ordered Tom Woods 1310 front and rear driveshafts from the states for $1200 dealivered
The JK must be much more expensive. Luckily my front one with double cardan was a great price. He must have felt sorry for me.......Tom woods a good bloke from what I worked out.
My 10 cents (and I am not a mechanic). A couple of years ago I developed a whine from the rear diff in my KJ, especially from 70 to 90 kmph. Other symptom was that every few months it blew a rear speed sensor (mounted on top of diff, reading from crown wheel), and this started happening about 9 months before the whine appeared.
Culprit. Rear diff bearing, where drive shaft joined the diff, collapsed! So, for several months the rear diff was slowly grinding itself away. Fortunately it was still under warranty, but each time I complained about the speed sensor failing (odometer stopped counting and ABS Warning appeared), Jeep just replaced the sensor (4 times). It wasn't until I complained about the whine that they said "oh, wonder if it's the diff?".
Could this happen to the front diff bearing?
Hope that didn't sound too stupid,
Dave
I had a whin somewhere in the front left of my vehicle for a while, but that's fixed now she's gone now. LOL.