fleep 0 Posted August 9, 2010 Hi, A quick one. I need a new nearside outer CV joint for my 95 VR6. VW want around £120 for the part or £200 for the complete shaft with both joints, boots etc. Is there any other option for these? My mechanic has advised that a CV only is cheaper for the parts but the labour is way more as he will need to get the old one off etc and there is a risk of damaging the splines. Any advice here? I will pay up if it is worth it to get the genuine articles... Thanks Fleep Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhatVR6 0 Posted August 9, 2010 Just go to the motor factors but make sure it's a quality one such as GKN. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted August 9, 2010 I have a genuine VR6 one if needed - think they are the same both sides Would like £75 posted for it - let me know and I will dig it out tonight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrtw 0 Posted August 9, 2010 I have a nearside VR6 drive shaft with good CV joints on it and the off side CV joints (no driveshaft) for sale for £20 plus the postage if it's of any help to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fleep 0 Posted August 12, 2010 Hi guys Thanks for the offers of shafts. Are these in good condition? 75 quid versus 20 is a big difference and I don't want to buy a duff one as fitting isn't a 10 minute job :-) How much to post to Eastbourne area? Cheers Fleep Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markrtw 0 Posted August 13, 2010 Hi, The ones I have I bought from B5VWC as a job lot of front hubs, brakes, shafts and CV joints when I urgently needed the drivers side (long) drive shaft as mine had snapped. I just swapped the long shaft over (complete with the CV joints). So I was left with the short shaft with it's CV joints attached and the 2 spare CV joints from my broken long shaft (threy were fine) and I'm just selling them off (as well as all the other bits I did not need) rather than throwing them in the bin. The car B5VWC was braking had a rusty body, but it was in good working order. (the shaft & CV's I used were absolutely fine). As for postage, the cheapest I know of is interparcel and it would come to no more than £10. (cannot be precise without weighing the stuff which is not to hand currently). As the shaft already has the CV joints on, it should be a relatively quick job to just swap the complete shaft over. I hope this helps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted August 13, 2010 Just go to the motor factors but make sure it's a quality one such as GKN. The GKN ones are very good. They do uprated ones aswell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhatVR6 0 Posted August 14, 2010 Ooh, do they? How do you get hold of those? I keep breaking inner cv's when I go for third gear with the nitrous wound up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted August 14, 2010 http://www.gknservice.com/global/motorsport.html The only thing with GKN is the boots - although they look good quality and will last, the plastic VW ones are so much better and should basically last forever, I think the VR6 uses the MKV Golf part now. so if you do buy a GKN kit it's worth spending the extra £15 on a genuine boot kit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
