Tailshaft Options ?

[Strik3r]

Wondering what choices I have re: replacing tailshaft. The boot in the centre bearing of my tailshaft split, which means it needs to come apart to be repaired and will therefore need to be re-balanced before it goes back in the car. We ballpark total cost to be about $400 to repair, rebalance and refit the tailshaft.

Thats a fair bit of dosh, and we were pondering other options.

So far:

a) Buy 2nd hand tailshaft. ~$100.

b) Repair this one. ~$400-450

c) UAS 1 piece Chromolly tailshaft. Retail $980 + shipping.

d) ?? profit ??

Anyone have any suggestions? I'm glad I wasn't pondering this 2 years ago when the APTC tailshaft fiasco went down. Are there any other local places that will do a carbon tailshaft ? Car is a '97 GTR.

[Strik3r]

I should mention this is for a 95% track car. It's technically still street registered, but doesn't see many k's aside from driving to the workshop and driving to the track.

[badhairdave]

To be honest i'd just grab another 2nd hand one. No point spending big dollars for such a tiny gain.

I'd only go custom if i had to and even then i'd probably stick with a plain old steel front half to keep the cost down.

[Angus Smart]

I still got one of them acpt tailshafts at home still wondering what i should do with it.. perhaps i can make a hills hoist out of it.

[Strik3r]

Apparently if you get them re-balanced they are fine ? Or was there more to the story ?