Babyblue and others (where did you get your axels)

LooseChangeRacing · Post by **LooseChangeRacing** » June 8th, 2006, 2:02 pm

Basically, I don't really want to be replacing axels every 6 months...i got the money to spend so where did you get your custom axels and how much....baby i'm sure you sold yours already...but anyway yeah thats what I want for the ZE

cjthor · Post by **cjthor** » June 9th, 2006, 5:19 pm

I got mine at http://www.driveshaftshop.com

schuttie2002 · Post by **schuttie2002** » June 9th, 2006, 5:56 pm

I did a search, and babyblue and bmw3guy got thiers from a place called CV tech. I didnt right down the number, but if you search for CV tech you'll find it.

I believe they paid around $400cnd for both.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » June 13th, 2006, 10:31 am

cjthor wrote:I got mine at http://www.driveshaftshop.com

ditto

oh-hell · Post by **oh-hell** » June 15th, 2006, 2:09 am

nothing more to say than ouch..... $700.00 i think ill keep replacing mine til one braking kills me.

Hadrien · Post by **Hadrien** » June 21st, 2006, 1:02 pm

I have heard good things about Raxles on other boards. Might be worth a call. Lifetime warranty too I believe.

http://www.raxles.com

ruthless_mx3 · Post by **ruthless_mx3** » June 22nd, 2006, 6:44 am

Driveshaft Shop finally finished my axels for the lsd tranny. Should be here today or tomorrow. The $700 level 3 axels don't fit the lsd tranny and I had to send them back along with the cut shaft to have a custom set made to fit the diff. $700 suddenly wasn't so bad. We won't even discuss the new price for me. Oh well, Frank (at DSS) made me a brand new level 5 set that Is the proper length w/ the correct splines. Will try to get a pic posted of the new set. I'm so excited to finally get my car back on the road, its been sooo long. Went through 2 shafts b4 realizing they were actually too short, that was back in september.
BTW anyone else looking to have a set made for the lsd, you will have to beg Frank to make another pair. He said its too much work and not worth the time. He'd rather make Honda axels

V8KOMX3 · Post by **V8KOMX3** » June 22nd, 2006, 9:37 am

[quote=" BTW anyone else looking to have a set made for the lsd, you will have to beg Frank to make another pair. He said its too much work and not worth the time. He'd rather make Honda axels

[/quote]

That sounds like a man who doesn't like money lol.

There are many places that can do custom axels but for what you want most places I have checked were anywhere from $500-$1,000. So $700 is not to bad really.

babyblueMX3 · Post by **babyblueMX3** » June 22nd, 2006, 1:07 pm

I got mine from CV tech like stated above. You can get different stage axles and the colour you want (rubber boot) You can even have the shaft chromed

Don't know if they'll work with shipping to the us though. Might want to ask. Price for mine (said stage 1 350whp) were 400$
819-595-0400

cjthor · Post by **cjthor** » June 22nd, 2006, 1:19 pm

ruthless_mx3 wrote:Driveshaft Shop finally finished my axels for the lsd tranny. Should be here today or tomorrow. The $700 level 3 axels don't fit the lsd tranny and I had to send them back along with the cut shaft to have a custom set made to fit the diff. $700 suddenly wasn't so bad. We won't even discuss the new price for me. Oh well, Frank (at DSS) made me a brand new level 5 set that Is the proper length w/ the correct splines. Will try to get a pic posted of the new set. I'm so excited to finally get my car back on the road, its been sooo long. Went through 2 shafts b4 realizing they were actually too short, that was back in september.
BTW anyone else looking to have a set made for the lsd, you will have to beg Frank to make another pair. He said its too much work and not worth the time. He'd rather make Honda axels

Had the same problem with mine. Took 3 tries to get the right shafts!!

ruthless_mx3 · Post by **ruthless_mx3** » June 22nd, 2006, 3:17 pm

cjthor wrote:
ruthless_mx3 wrote:Driveshaft Shop finally finished my axels for the lsd tranny. Should be here today or tomorrow. The $700 level 3 axels don't fit the lsd tranny and I had to send them back along with the cut shaft to have a custom set made to fit the diff. $700 suddenly wasn't so bad. We won't even discuss the new price for me. Oh well, Frank (at DSS) made me a brand new level 5 set that Is the proper length w/ the correct splines. Will try to get a pic posted of the new set. I'm so excited to finally get my car back on the road, its been sooo long. Went through 2 shafts b4 realizing they were actually too short, that was back in september.
BTW anyone else looking to have a set made for the lsd, you will have to beg Frank to make another pair. He said its too much work and not worth the time. He'd rather make Honda axels
Had the same problem with mine. Took 3 tries to get the right shafts!!

Did they keep sending the wrong ones or did it take that many different times to make them right?

cjthor · Post by **cjthor** » June 22nd, 2006, 4:28 pm

ruthless_mx3 wrote:
cjthor wrote:
ruthless_mx3 wrote:Driveshaft Shop finally finished my axels for the lsd tranny. Should be here today or tomorrow. The $700 level 3 axels don't fit the lsd tranny and I had to send them back along with the cut shaft to have a custom set made to fit the diff. $700 suddenly wasn't so bad. We won't even discuss the new price for me. Oh well, Frank (at DSS) made me a brand new level 5 set that Is the proper length w/ the correct splines. Will try to get a pic posted of the new set. I'm so excited to finally get my car back on the road, its been sooo long. Went through 2 shafts b4 realizing they were actually too short, that was back in september.
BTW anyone else looking to have a set made for the lsd, you will have to beg Frank to make another pair. He said its too much work and not worth the time. He'd rather make Honda axels
Had the same problem with mine. Took 3 tries to get the right shafts!!
Did they keep sending the wrong ones or did it take that many different times to make them right?

It took three tries to get it right. We ended up deleting the jackshaft on the passenger side and going with one solid axle. I dont have any torque steer either!!

ruthless_mx3 · Post by **ruthless_mx3** » June 23rd, 2006, 3:50 pm

By the looks of it you have just one really long passenger side shaft, right? thats crazy lookin.
Are the BP and Kx trannies different or do you have an open diff, cuz we didn't have to eliminate the jackshaft on mine.

OK, I tried to post the pic but I guess it didn't work. Maybe I just stooopid???

LooseChangeRacing · Post by **LooseChangeRacing** » June 24th, 2006, 11:29 pm

still looking for someone in the states with a price and a phone number that can do these axles if not in 2 weeks I will be worrying about dealing with CV tech in canada and telling them i'll pay for shipping and worry about shipping

cjthor · Post by **cjthor** » June 25th, 2006, 2:12 am

ruthless_mx3 wrote:By the looks of it you have just one really long passenger side shaft, right? thats crazy lookin.
Are the BP and Kx trannies different or do you have an open diff, cuz we didn't have to eliminate the jackshaft on mine.

OK, I tried to post the pic but I guess it didn't work. Maybe I just stooopid???

That is Correct. After trying to get the right jackshaft we decided to go ahead and eliminate the jackshaft. With the LSD I dont have any torque steer .