But yes, I mean these fella's...
Can anyone help please with a recommendation for someone to refurbish a pair of half-shafts for me?
I don't think there's anything wrong with them - just want them stripped, cleaned, re-painted and reassembled.
Cheers
Maybe be me missing the point, but are half-shafts not inside live axles?
Drive-shafts I've refurbished, but I can't see what would need doing to half-shafts.
I use the word half-shafts as using the term drive-shafts brings into play what I would call prop-shafts with some folk.
But yes, I mean these fella's...
It probably too far for you to drive 
But I dropped off my propshaft to Autoprop in Sussex, only yesterday for a refurb and balance
It should be back with me next week, but im in no rush
http://www.autoprop-uk.co.uk/contact.php
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Originally posted by scootz
I use the word half-shafts as using the term drive-shafts brings into play what I would call prop-shafts with some folk.
But yes, I mean these fella's...
Cheer guys.
I've been talking with a local(ish) company called Driveline Scotland Ltd. They would need to see my shafts, but reckon to budget around a £110 a
shaft to refurbish to 'as new'.
You can buy a brand new pair of driveshafts off eBay for £160 for the pair.
I don't understand refurbing or people buying 20 year old driveshafts that have done 150,000 miles .
I have some in my Hayabusa powered Mk that I use on track and they are fine
My refurb of my Sierra drive-shafts consisted of new metal cans, o-rings, grease, gaitors and clips. I re-used the actual bearings and tripods, which
were fine. The drive-shafts worked faultlessly thereafter and never leaked. I did the rufurb because the gaitors were split and the refurb kits from
the local Ford main dealer were something like £15 per drive-shaft. Removing the metail cans and peining the replacement ones in place was tricky,
but worked fine.
Personally it's not a job I'd pay someone else to do for me, but then I'm a bit tight like that really.
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You can buy a brand new pair of driveshafts off eBay for £160 for the pair.
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Originally posted by nick205
My refurb of my Sierra drive-shafts consisted of new metal cans, o-rings, grease, gaitors and clips. I re-used the actual bearings and tripods, which were fine. The drive-shafts worked faultlessly thereafter and never leaked. I did the rufurb because the gaitors were split and the refurb kits from the local Ford main dealer were something like £15 per drive-shaft. Removing the metail cans and peining the replacement ones in place was tricky, but worked fine.
Personally it's not a job I'd pay someone else to do for me, but then I'm a bit tight like that really.
Set of 2 inner kits, 2 outer kits and a pair of
shaft to transmission circlips comes in at £241.83. Add powder coat for the 2 shafts and that price rises. And that's assuming the CV joints
are fine.
Dodsons made me new driveshafts in a different length for £100 per side and made them far beefier than the originals - great job and they just needed to know the lenght and spline pattern for each end. They did take their bloody time doing it though.
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Originally posted by nick205
My refurb of my Sierra drive-shafts consisted of new metal cans, o-rings, grease, gaitors and clips. I re-used the actual bearings and tripods, which were fine. The drive-shafts worked faultlessly thereafter and never leaked. I did the rufurb because the gaitors were split and the refurb kits from the local Ford main dealer were something like £15 per drive-shaft. Removing the metail cans and peining the replacement ones in place was tricky, but worked fine.
Personally it's not a job I'd pay someone else to do for me, but then I'm a bit tight like that really.
There are however aftermarket gaiter kits for the shafts available for not a lot of cash... but the owners club members generally agree that they are rubbish.
Just established that OE kits were still available from the manufacturer - not cheap though.