1 Piece Tailshafts in Melbourne for only $250

I definately have no way of doing it myself but it does really seem like it is not something he really wants to do so I may be better off finding a mechanic to do it and courier the parts around.

Thanks for loking into it.

 

see Joe Imbesi

0408 337 283

 

Yeah, see Joe. Jeff builds shafts for him, too. However, like most resellers, Joe does put a little on the direct price from Jeff, courier costs, etc.

 

Thanks, both of you.

Looks like it might be better form to go straight to Joe, seems a bit rude to me to get him to do the work and buy the stuff from his suppliers then give it straight to him.

Especially as he would probably have to deal with the couriers and such himself anyway.

 

Looks like you have the same Rims

Hi,

It looks like you have the same Rims and Front bar as me, but my car is bit lower. I find that if you can't put something under the wheels first (like planks etc) for whatever reason (engine apart) that either of the following works:

a) Use your scissor jack to jack up one side of the car (using front jack point) which will bring the car up enough to get a low trolley jack under the front.
b) If you have another spare small trolley jack (e.g. Cheapo from Supercheap etc) you could also jack the car up ?a little way? using one of the front tow hooks...they are strong bastards, but I still would never jack it up too far, nor would I ever get completely under the car while just this jack is supporting it.

Both of those suggestions are purely for getting the front up enough to get a ?proper? trolley jack under the car.

I?ve had problems with both the factory scissor jack (completely buckled and collapsed) and one of the small cheap trolley jacks (partly failed, but in turn caused the car to fall off it....while I was under it!!!), it really is worth getting good quality gear if you like to stay in one piece/alive.

Cheers
Mark

 

Got my tailshaft yesterday..



$400 exchange including freight to and from Qld for an auto tt 2+2.

7 working days to turn around and it was easier to get Jeff to organise the frieght through his account with TNT.

Lighter, stronger, no vibration and no center bearing. I don't know how much lighter but it felt like at least a couple of kilos. The new shaft slipped in no problem.

Jeff also went out of his way to get the new one to me as soon as possible.
Fantastic bloke

 

I called Jeff yesterday to sort out getting mine made up, he was indeed extremely helpful and while the price of some of his parts has gone up it is still very cheap.

 

another bump for Jeff.

Had a new tailshaft made up by Jeff last week. Seems the first tailshaft I bought wasn't made by Jeff, and the mechanic who supplied and fitted it had cut the OEM uni joints off the 2-piece shaft and welded them onto a new tube. 3 years later, as you'd expect, the 20 year old uni joints were worn out and Jeff had to start again from scratch.
The $250 price is no longer accurate, it's closer to $350 now since all the consumables have gone up in price. You can also add a few little extras in like solid X unis (stronger) and I also went up to 3in diameter tube (NA is 2.75in) since he had a TT front section spare. It's a little bit heavier now but much stronger so worth it I reckon. Turn around time was about 2 days which is pretty good considering the quality of his work.

 

is that 350 installed??

 

do you need to take the old one to him and he chops it up etc?

 

no, that's just to supply the driveshaft. DIY install isn't too hard or you could get a mechanic to do it for you in an hour or so.

I can't remember exactly what he said but I think it depends on if you have a TT or NA as he can work from measurements but prefers to have the old shaft to work off.
Give him a call, he said he has had a few interstate people send him the 2-piece shaft and he sends the new shaft back.