Okay all,
Time to source a prop shaft for my '07 XC70 (easiest way, I'm not equipped for or particularly interested in trying to solve the center carrier bearing issue on my own).
Colorado Driveshaft and IPD both have an option, priced similarly. CD looks like OEM reman. IPD is new aftermarket and looks like an in-house part (made by IPD's parent company). Both sound iffy, BUT... If you had to choose—which would you choose?
Colorado driveshaft or IPD? Topic is solved
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leapdragon
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Others know more but I'd go with CD. And I'd wait to hear from the others!
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6
153k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 197k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 212k
'99 Camry V6
153kgone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
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leapdragon
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It seems that most people replacing a driveshaft have gone with CD in the forums... I don't see a lot of commentary about other options.
Anyone have any experience with the IPD shaft?
Anyone have any experience with the IPD shaft?
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If you have the tools you can purchase the 2 CV joints and center bearing alone from CD then install them yourself. I rebuilt my driveshaft 4 years ago and it's been fine ever since. The CV joints and bearings they sell are high quality.
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leapdragon
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That's an interesting thought... But the center carrier bearing presents a problem. It's press fit, isn't it? If I were to try it today, I'd be down to tapping things back and forth with a hammer and whatever metal objects I count find (chisel, socket, length of pipe, whatever) to get it off and then on.
But also—what about the U-joint? I don't recall that having clips on my OEM shaft, though I could be wrong... Do those ever go?
Any memory of what the cost was?
But also—what about the U-joint? I don't recall that having clips on my OEM shaft, though I could be wrong... Do those ever go?
Any memory of what the cost was?
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leapdragon
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So, the follow-up.
I ended up ordering from Colorado Drive Shaft. They were friendly and delivery was super fast compared to what I was expecting.
The actual part... hard to say. I almost didn't put it in—the paint job they applied was pretty ugly, there were clearly some rust spots underneath it, and most importantly, the CV joints at the ends did not feel smooth or have a great range of motion. They were pretty stiff/grabby with limited angles of motion. Carrier bearing seemed good and smooth, though, and of good quality. Given that the weather is changing around here right now—I decided it was do or die day.
So I figured I'd bolt it up, take it for a test drive and get it out on the highway as well, and if it vibrated or was loud or felt wrong or anything was wrong, I'd pull it back off again.
Test drive went well. *shrug*
AWD mode (i.e. with drive shaft) is slightly louder than FWD mode, but there's none of that terrible vibration//low-frequency reverberation I was getting after my last shaft's center bearing went south. Got it up to 80mph, bunch of acceleration/deceleration cycles, some cruising, nothing obviously very wrong.
So we'll keep it on for now and I'll send back my core. Price was $550 + $100 core fee, so $100 more than the brand new (but aftermarket) option at IPD.
Would I recommend them? Right now, not really. I don't like how the shaft and the CV joints felt as I got them out of the box. And I don't have that "just put an OEM replacement part in my car, it'll be good for 100k miles" feeling about it. I sort of instead have that "I'll have to keep an eye on that..." feeling.
That said, I also don't really recommend any aftermarket as I've had my share of trouble with bad-out-of-box "new" aftermarket parts that performed far worse than this is reman seems to be performing.
And if I get the same 6 years/70k that vtl has so far, I'll totally recommend them then.
In the meantime, though, if it goes bad on me again in the next month or in the next year, I think I'll just drop to FWD forever and be done with it, I'm tired of taking drive shafts in and out. I am slowly developing the same feeling that I've seen others express that once a part of your OEM-as-shipped AWD drivetrain goes bad, you're fighting a losing battle to keep AWD running after that, and it will never give you the reliability or smoothness that it did for the first 150k.
Hope I'm wrong, but time will tell...
I ended up ordering from Colorado Drive Shaft. They were friendly and delivery was super fast compared to what I was expecting.
The actual part... hard to say. I almost didn't put it in—the paint job they applied was pretty ugly, there were clearly some rust spots underneath it, and most importantly, the CV joints at the ends did not feel smooth or have a great range of motion. They were pretty stiff/grabby with limited angles of motion. Carrier bearing seemed good and smooth, though, and of good quality. Given that the weather is changing around here right now—I decided it was do or die day.
So I figured I'd bolt it up, take it for a test drive and get it out on the highway as well, and if it vibrated or was loud or felt wrong or anything was wrong, I'd pull it back off again.
Test drive went well. *shrug*
AWD mode (i.e. with drive shaft) is slightly louder than FWD mode, but there's none of that terrible vibration//low-frequency reverberation I was getting after my last shaft's center bearing went south. Got it up to 80mph, bunch of acceleration/deceleration cycles, some cruising, nothing obviously very wrong.
So we'll keep it on for now and I'll send back my core. Price was $550 + $100 core fee, so $100 more than the brand new (but aftermarket) option at IPD.
Would I recommend them? Right now, not really. I don't like how the shaft and the CV joints felt as I got them out of the box. And I don't have that "just put an OEM replacement part in my car, it'll be good for 100k miles" feeling about it. I sort of instead have that "I'll have to keep an eye on that..." feeling.
That said, I also don't really recommend any aftermarket as I've had my share of trouble with bad-out-of-box "new" aftermarket parts that performed far worse than this is reman seems to be performing.
And if I get the same 6 years/70k that vtl has so far, I'll totally recommend them then.
In the meantime, though, if it goes bad on me again in the next month or in the next year, I think I'll just drop to FWD forever and be done with it, I'm tired of taking drive shafts in and out. I am slowly developing the same feeling that I've seen others express that once a part of your OEM-as-shipped AWD drivetrain goes bad, you're fighting a losing battle to keep AWD running after that, and it will never give you the reliability or smoothness that it did for the first 150k.
Hope I'm wrong, but time will tell...
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