I would accept it if it was improperly balanced from the factory and he tried to correct it. That is on us, not him. We stand behind everything we sell.

 

Wow! And super responsive to boot!

A friend of mine had his rotoflex replaced at a local shop and they said they had to make a tool to remove [something]. He doesn't remember. I suspect it was some kind of puller because even though they are a 4x4 driveshaft shop, they get a confused look whenever you drive up in an import. They said they had to weld something to a pair of vice grips. Sounded fishy.

 

Sounds very fishy. I've replaced them before on my back in my driveway with a simple tool kit. Nothing fancy required. Sounds like the removal tool they made was designed to remove more $$ from his wallet.

 

Okay I appreciate that info and I'll study the threads to see what I need to do.

Thread hijack over. Sorry!

 

He might be referring to the special tool you "need" to convert from roto to u-joint. Which is essentially flat stock with two holes in it.

 

Well I retract what I said about Lucky8. I spoke to Erik and I now understand why shipping might take a little longer sometimes. Further, he completely fixed me up with some parts that I need for by engine (various bearings), making sure I would have them right on time and helping me understand what the engine shop was telling me.

 

Wow. Lot of responses.
Quick run through:
Front Propshaft, replacing because it was original and I like my transmission hole free.
No vibration before hand.
The package was clean, looked immaculate.
"Random Shop", means I was back in my hometown and used my father's old mechanic from before he went soft and switched to new cars and dealer shops. Seemed entirely competent.
About $85(cnd) to swap. They thought it would take 15 min and took 45, so I think things were seized (which made me feel better, I couldn't get them off and using the shop was me wussing out).

And again, thanks to the Lucky8 guys. I know you stand behind things. Unfortunately that Canadian shipping is such a bastard (and I got dinged by customs). Starting to think a three hour drive down to you is worth doing now and then.

There's also a chance it's all in my head. I've got an hour drive tonight and I'll probably be driving my passengers mad with a lot of "there — do you hear it now?".

Thanks again.

 

It's a rotating mass, you can feel vibration at any time if it's out of balance.

At 15 years i'd definitely carry a spare, replace it before you leave, or convert to a cardan type u-joint propshaft. I did the conversion soon as I bought my Disco, I didn't like the large piece of rubber hanging down to impact things.

The only trouble people sometimes have is removing the centralizing pin from the diff which is installed with loctite that requires heat to break the bond, then a puller to remove it.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/47742463/...Flange-Removal
Let me know if that isn't readable. For some reason it looks like crap in Firefox, but is fine in Chrome.

 

i did not meen you specify no one has to take something back after it been modified pretty much industry standard.

 

Very readable; thanks!