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Hi I'm looking for a place that can work on the transfer case to front diff driveshaft that is found on GTRs, GTS4s and stageas. The universal joints in them are permanent from the factory, meaning that it would require machine work to remove the old ones and hopefully fit some generic ones. I'm hoping for a place that has experience doing that and at a reasonable price.

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The most economical solution is to replace with a good used one, they rarely fail. We have plenty of shafts out at Trojan Motorsport.

You would have nothing but trouble and expense trying to replace with aftermarket joints, mainly due to size and balancing issues.

I understand Award Diffs is temporarily closed due to a personal issue in the family.

The lads at Import parts will most likely go around to Trojans.

Sorry to sound like a fanboy but thems the facts.

Thanks guys. I purchased one on ebay before reading the replies here. Rust has very much set in at the transfer case side uni joint, so unfortunately catastrophic mechanical failure is always an option.

Seems like water made its way into the joint, causing it to grind and open more of a cavity and allowing more contaminants to enter. Ill stick some boat grease on the next one.

 

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OK so. Back on the hunt for a driveshaft. I purchased an R33 GTR driveshaft with no play, however it doesn't work on an auto stagea. Well, almost works. The part technically fits in, but an R33 GTR shaft has a larger diameter at the transfer case side, and tapers down at the diff side -  compared to the stagea one which has a constant diameter.

One of the balancing tabs on the shaft is fouling against the parking lock cable. Meaning that the shaft technically cleared the transmission, but the extra ~1.5mm causes it to foul. :4_joy::4_joy: Oh the joys. The cable (which is encased in a metal tube, which is what is fouling) is hard up against the transmission, so I don't think I can bend it out of the way.

Stav, do you work at Trojan? I tried to call a couple of times - no answer today.

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