[Re: Vibration = tranny?]

[losinit at usa.net (Cathy Boyko)]

And FWIW, we've been running a reman for two seasons, and no problems. The
Hondas go through them at the track like so many chopsticks, and so does my
kid on the Jetta. He has one of those punch cards like you use at the coffee
shop, he is up to about 4 on the warrantee. But seriously, not all remans are
bad. Maybe we got the only good one. Cathy

"T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > And Toby, that is pretty cool that you noticed that they were put
together
> > wrong; however, I bet you 25$ USD that if you were to take that axle out
now
> > and inspect it you would find at LEAST one bad joint.
> 
> I have the tranny and axles out right now and they feel fine. No
> rotational slop or crap-filled grease.
> 
> I'm not saying they'll last forever, but the cost of the reman axle was
> 1/4 the price of replacing the two joints individually. At the time, that
> was a good deal for me. I don't think I would do it again, though.
> 
> > You see kids, reman axles are assembled by 6 yo kids in china. Therefore
in
> > china they dont see the need to case harden the races. This leads to
> > extremely premature joint failure. Jsut ask anyone who has ever serviced
a
> > reman axle for a German car.
> 
> I'm sure you're right, but I think some are probably better (and worse)
> than others.
> 
> -Toby
> 
> 
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