Drive Shaft Issues...Insight?
11-28-2000, 03:07 PM
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I agree, $1400 for a drive shaft is ridiculous. So is $1200 for control arms...
those Germans are something! We already are dealing with the non-replaceable front bushings. Hope at least the U-joints can be replaced when they wear out??
02-01-2016, 03:20 PM
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Hello folks...
I had a brae caliper issue that caused my rear drive shaft to fail. Now it needs to be replaced. Here is the issue..I am out of warranty and Audi wants $1400 for a new shaft... Does anyone know of a company that can either rebuild it (ideally) or have a used one from a salvage yard?
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks guys and gals.
Ryan Herrmann
Minneapolis, MN
97 A4 quattro 2.8
slammed, modified, and broken
I had a brae caliper issue that caused my rear drive shaft to fail. Now it needs to be replaced. Here is the issue..I am out of warranty and Audi wants $1400 for a new shaft... Does anyone know of a company that can either rebuild it (ideally) or have a used one from a salvage yard?
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks guys and gals.
Ryan Herrmann
Minneapolis, MN
97 A4 quattro 2.8
slammed, modified, and broken
For really cheap stuff; Rock Auto dot com.
02-06-2016, 07:17 PM
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AudiWorld Super User
Man...I bet all those A4s are in the wrecking yard. This thread is 15 years old lol. Thats why finding parts for this guy cheaply was impossible, none of it was available yet!
03-22-2018, 05:03 PM
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I could, and will. Somehow, I managed to bend a rear brake pad and it caused my rear caliper to lock the rear tire. (not sure how I managed this...maybe my high speed driving) This, in return, caused my tranny to think that my front tires were spinning freely, and it adjust more power to the rear. We all know how strong the tranny and rear ends are, so it caused the weakest link to fail, the drive shaft.
This is the explanation I received from the service facility.
I'll tell you....I am getting pretty sick of replacing parts on this damn car...with 62K on it, I have had to replace A LOT of parts...A LOT!! Is this normal?? I was thinking of ordering a new A4 next year...perhaps I will choose a different manufacturer..(putting on my flame resistant suit) Maybe a BMW.
Ryan Herrmann
Minneapolis, MN
97 A4 Quattro 2.8
slammed, modified, and broken, again, and again, aand again.
This is the explanation I received from the service facility.
I'll tell you....I am getting pretty sick of replacing parts on this damn car...with 62K on it, I have had to replace A LOT of parts...A LOT!! Is this normal?? I was thinking of ordering a new A4 next year...perhaps I will choose a different manufacturer..(putting on my flame resistant suit) Maybe a BMW.
Ryan Herrmann
Minneapolis, MN
97 A4 Quattro 2.8
slammed, modified, and broken, again, and again, aand again.
Slammed + Modified = Broken on anything.
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