Help! Right driveshaft shot...

[Mastiff]

Hi!<BR>I hope this is the right forum for this, I didn't find any "help with broken drive shafts"-fora... My problem is this: The right driveshaft on my wife's 93 MX-3 is ticking like crazy when I turn sharply, and when I asked Mazda here (I live in a small town in the southern part of Norway)they told me that I had to change the full shaft, I couldn't get the part that looks like an X (I have no idea what that's called in english...). And that driveshaft will set me back about 900 dollars! American dollars! I find that kind of crazy since the broken part costs about 30 dollars... Then I saw an ad for a used MX-3 here with "serviced driveshafts", or something like that. It really sounded like something COULD in fact be done instead of making Mazda very happy by buying a new one.<BR>Could anybody here please tell me where I can get parts for that service? Or do you have any other good ideas so I can save a little money?<BR>Thank you very much in advance!

[Mradio]

try Napa Autoparts<BR>i stopped by recently, and they quoted me around $100 for each driveshaft, they sell remanufactured ones. <A HREF="http://www.napaautoparts.com" TARGET=_blank>www.napaautoparts.com</A>

[OsoSlo z28]

look in your phone book for cv(joint/axle) specialists. they should be able to help you out.

[Mastiff]

Vlad, thanks. I'll check them out tonight, when they're open. btw I'm a bodybuilder too. Don't you think the sport seats in the MX-3 are a bit to narrow for a broad back? <BR>cre8v mx3: I'm afraid my own phone book won't help me much. Here in Norway there's so few of the MX-3's that they haven't got anything aftermarket for the car.