Prop Shaft rebuilding Melbourne.

[SteveL]

The front prop shaft from my GTR had very notchy unis, which obviously needed replacement but unfortunately uses the (usually) non-replaceable (staked) type.     A new shaft is something like $2K plus shipping from Japan.   I wouldn't even bother asking the local Nissan spares dept.     Rang Hardy Spicer but no go, which surprised me a little.     There's a place over Dandenong way that would make me a 'performance' shaft but un-necessary in my situation.   They claimed to be getting the equipment in to replace staked unis but couldn't give me a timeframe.   Anyway, long story short, found a place to do the work just 5 mins from me:

https://knoxdriveshafts.com.au

$420 (cash) and about a week later I have my driveshaft back.   Price includes balancing.

Owner is a one man band working out of a shed in his backyard but from what I could see he's very well setup with some expensive equipment.

 

[Duncan]

Thanks for sharing that mate, I've got a couple of spares on the shelf but all the unis are tight....will give old mate a shout.

BTW are you sure it wasn't just a $400 paint job? Any detail of what they replaced (cut/reweld?)

[Komdotkom]

We used Knox Drive shafts years ago when we were doing gravel rally, good guy but I heard it had changed hands? He's got a lot of stuff and is miles cheaper than GJ and so on. He used to have a lathe setup with a MIG torch on the tool holder so he could get the uni welds just right, quite a clever guy.

I just got a driveshaft done for my sequential installation and that was through Balancing Services Australia in Preston, they did the Gibson cars in the old days. New genuine CV's, billet yoke, new centre bearing and chome moly shaft was $2k.