Local drive-shaft balancing?

Shift518 Automotive
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Does anyone know of a local company that balances/rebuilds multiple piece drive-shafts?

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I know Universal auto does single piece, don’t know if they do multi. Would be worth a call to find out.

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Thanks for the reply. I’ll check with them.

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518-465-3471 Andi and Allen are good shit give them a call.

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http://www.albanyuniversalautoparts.com/

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I just sent them an email. Thanks guys!

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Looks like they can’t do an Audi shaft. Any other recommendations?

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Noone local man , ancas claim to but they suck and won’t send anything back there .

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Fuck. Ok. Hmm…

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I know you’ve probably looked, but is there any chance of getting a used one off your forums? Might save you some hassle. But WTFDIK lol

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I’m just concerned that some asshole would sell me another bad one saying that it’s in good shape. A new one from Audi is $1500+. FML

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couldn’t you just break down the drive shaft and have the 2 parts done separately?

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I called the above mentioned shop and he said he just couldn’t do an Audi shaft, not sure the specifics on it though.

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Bingo, as long as the center ujoint or cv is available. Some are not

Question is why does it need rebalancing? Rebuilding one doesn’t require balancing unless you’re actually replacing a main tube that was damaged.

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I’ve got a guy that can do it, but it’s in Colorado. LMK if you need his info

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I’m not sure then. The car vibrates like crazy at any speed of 55mph or greater. It got a lot worse when I put in a stiffer rear diff mount so I know it’s driveshaft related. I’m not sure what it is to be honest though.

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What car, the 200? Just buy one of the driveshaft rebuild kits and try that. Its easy to rebuild. If the center bearing/cv is bad it can vibrate.

You can look at the shaft and see if it threw a weight by looking for spot weld/discoloration but that’s a rate occurrence. It’s not one of the carbon shafts is it?

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This is for the S4. I can’t even find a rebuild kit for it. I do have a new center bearing that I haven’t got around to changing yet, which might be part of the issue. I vaguely recall the shaft possibly missing weights…

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I had a part number for the end cv,s but will have to look for it. The center universal needs to be matched up via cup diameter and cup-to-cup spacing. You can get one, but it won’t cross reference as Audi. Iirc it’s the same size as a 280z center uvi, but again need to cross reference it.

If you see a spot where a weight may have gone missing, measure the rough size of the spot and factor in a washer of 11 gauge or less and tack it in place there. Go drive and test. Driveshaft balancing has quite a large tolerance.

The 200 has a rebuild kit, 90 carbons don’t and most newer German cars don’t either. Blows

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Thanks Adam. I’ll give that a shot!