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converting the stock rear end to a u joint connection?

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Old 03-19-2010, 10:08 PM
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Has anyone done this? i cannot find a way to convert our stock rearends to a u joint connection im not going to pay 1000.00 for a drive shaft and the drive shaft shops keep saying these are dealer only items and you can not repair a cts-v drive shaft because there are no parts available..wtf!!
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TTT no one has done this?
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Ebay has one for sale for about 800$

The stock one is not repairable.

I talked to a few drivesaft shops in my area about making a aluminum one for me, but I chickend out and ended up going with a stocker
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We'll be coming out with a billet pinion yoke in the next few weeks.
It will be available by it self or with our CTS-V driveshafts.

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Originally Posted by maxspeed96ct
Ebay has one for sale for about 800$

The stock one is not repairable.

I talked to a few drivesaft shops in my area about making a aluminum one for me, but I chickend out and ended up going with a stocker
The ebay one is gone, I actualy went to order it a couple days ago...looking forward to seeing what Gforce has to offer!
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Originally Posted by Gforce Engineering
We'll be coming out with a billet pinion yoke in the next few weeks.
It will be available by it self or with our CTS-V driveshafts.

Thanks
Chris
Sweet!!!
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I think its about time for a DS. I've been getting some vibs lately and the carrier in the center is pretty floppy and the CV is really loose. The boot is tore to boot!
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Originally Posted by Gforce Engineering
We'll be coming out with a billet pinion yoke in the next few weeks.
It will be available by it self or with our CTS-V driveshafts.

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THAT IS BAD *** !!! Im so glad someone if making parts for these damn cars now...I sheared off the front snout on my rear end and it took out the drive shaft.All it broke was the cage inside of the cv boot. Now instead of just a 2000.00 rear end I have to buy a 1000.00 drive shaft because in 7 years no one has built anything for these cars... Thanks G-force!!
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Originally Posted by maxspeed96ct
Ebay has one for sale for about 800$

The stock one is not repairable.

I talked to a few drivesaft shops in my area about making a aluminum one for me, but I chickend out and ended up going with a stocker
I just ordered one today from chevrolet for 800 new in the box.But it looks like im going to have 2 drive shafts now.




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