Craigb 2 Posted December 7, 2007 (edited) Moving on from James thread about driveshaft availability, I thought I would start to look at the 205 only options for replacement shafts, and also how and where people’s shafts have failed Currently I believe the options are 1. New Peugeot Shafts still available at £188 2. OE reconditioned shafts at £128 3. GSF GKN shafts at £90 ish 4. GSF none GKN shafts at £70 ish Outside of these options are custom shafts at about £1000 ea As far as I can see the differences are Option 4 No guarantee Option 3 sometimes comes with a life guarantee Option 2 has a thicker shaft (by 1.2 mm) Option 1 has rolled splines rather than cut splines (in theory should be stronger) Modes of Failure a) outer CV fractures shaft snaps in the outer CV c) inner CV fractures d) shaft snaps in the inner CV e) tripod collapses Can a poll be set up on here ? If so can someone set up one with the modes of failure above ? Edited December 7, 2007 by Craigb Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anthony 1,003 Posted December 7, 2007 Another option is to have a word with Sandy309's mate Colin Satchell - he makes custom shafts based (I think) on heavy duty 406 CV's that are meant to be very strong and competition proven. Can't remember the exact price, but I recall that they weren't too bad at all - £200 a piece rings a bell, but might be wrong. Otherwise, for road and occasional track use, I've never (yet) had a problem with GKN driveshafts and for the money I can't really fault them. Not sure they'd survive competition use with a plate diff so well mind you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craigb 2 Posted December 7, 2007 I forgot to add , that all of the failures i have had have been d ) snapped shaft at the base of the splines going into the inner CV on the nearside. Thats with GKN shafts ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steve@cornwall 100 Posted December 7, 2007 I've had numerous failures due to the tripod roller bearings over the years. Just put new (scrappy ) tripods or rollers in - occasionally also replaced the part that goes into 'box as well, as they can get badly mangled with loose bearings. That and outer CV wear (knocking when cornering) - these can give donor tripods etc. before chucking. Maybe in future I should keep the old shaft too for you over-powered boys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
