Date:         Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:51:16 -0500
Reply-To:     Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Syncro Drive Line also known as Prop Shaft
Comments: To: Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
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Chris, I would go with a brand new one that we sell for $525.  They are
available for immediate shipment.  The problem with trying to rebuild an
old one is that the joints go bad but so does a brass bushing that is in
the center of the rubber flex disc.  If this is bad then the shaft can
never be properly balanced and will always have vibration issues.  The
new shafts we sell are a new design that eliminates that bushing and the
rubber flex disc.  It also uses u-joints that are greaseable and readily
available at a local parts store for not much money.

Let me know if you want to order this.  This has been a great product
that I have sent as far away as Japan.  One of the few products that
works so well that people email me back and thank me for selling it to them!

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Christopher Gronski wrote:
> I'm getting vibration through my Drive Line (aka Prop Shaft - the device
> that transfers power to the front wheels). My shop says that the U-joints
> are toast. Is it possible to obtain the shaft U-joints seperately or are
> they integral to the Drive Line / Prop Shaft itself?
>
> Chris
>
> P.S. If I need to order the whole thing I did see it on Van-Cafe, but it is
> unfortunately backordered:
> http://www.van-cafe.com/vanagon_parts.jsp?pa=p&p=986510106
>
>