well to make a VERY long story short, i replaced both cv shafts tonight, and i had ordered them from carquest. at my dealer cost i can replace them (if they werent under warranty) 3.5 times rather than buying a race set. so anywayz, got the passenger side done in about 15 mins all said and done tire back on. get the left side off, and go to slide 'er in, and it wont go. so i grabbed some white lube, and lubed it, still nothing. i thought maybe the retainer was in the way, i took it off ever so gently (gashing my f-in finger with the pick) and that was not the problem. so i called carquest to verify the part number, sure enough according to the box, i had the correct one. then i looked at the shaft itself, and it had some bogus number on it. i called them back up (at 5 mins till 6 when they close) and told him, he checked on it, said they had another one in stock. so i had my gf run and get them, and opened it up.....ta-da same exact shaft. wont work. so they must have the part numbers in the computer messed up, i STRESSED to him it was a supercharged 3800 w/ hd trans, and they still didnt get it right. needless to say i had to call autozone, they didnt have one in town, so i had to drive to streator (from marseilles which is 20 miles) to get one. 70 bucks with a lifetime warranty! all in all everything working out. but watch out if anyone orders halfshafts from carquest! the PN from carquest was like 5729 or something, that WILL NOT work in the car.
happy modding!!!
happy modding!!!
