RotaryRyan

Okay, I took my car to the tranny shop today. They said it has bad ujoints. Since they are not repacable, i have to buy a whole new drive shaft.

I found one at mazdatrix for $250 with replaceable ujoints.

Is there anywhere else to get a drive shaft cheaper?

onepointone

you have a pm

yayo420

iTrader: (3)

Go to the junkyard......i paid $75 dollars for mine and they arte easy as hell to replace......took me 30 mins.....most of that was squeezing my fat *** under the car and getting back up!!!

RotaryRyan

wow 30mins. I was gonna have the tranny shop do it but.......

Does fluid come out when you take the drive shaft out?

Junia

not if you do it fast enough

RotaryRyan

but it does come out?

Of the tranny or the diff?

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

transmission fluid comes out of the tailshaft of the transmission. if you have a spare yolk, it would be highly advisable to stck it in as you pull your driveshaft out. if not, it would be a start to replacing your transmission fluid. the drriveshaft bolts to the differentil via 4 14mm bolts and 4 12mm nuts. no fluid comes out of the differential when you take the driveshaft off.

onepointone

or you can jack the car up by just the rear end, get under there, undo the bolts, slide it out, slide the new one in, and redo the bolts. with the rear of the car in the air, the tranny fluid moves to the front. when i did it i didnt have any come out.

RotaryRyan

alright thanks, Im gonna change the fluid any way so.....

mazdaverx713b

iTrader: (91)

that is a great idea, onepointone! it works decently well. i have used that technique on a pickup i was doing some u-joints on.

RotaryRyan

yeah, it is a good idea.

yayo420

iTrader: (3)

Thats how I did it

Snapshot

No fluid involved. Done drive shaft replacement many times in driveway. Sometimes if you just replace U joints balancing the drive shaft seems to be imposible. Vibration is obvious. Can't figure this one out.
Changing the trans fluid to Amsiol synthetic is always a good move.