my experience

[alantan350]

all toyota bro here, if your drive shaft kong, dun buy recon drive shaft, waste your money and give a lot of problem. recently i changed my drive shaft, the used parts guy recommend me to buy the recon drive shaft, cost me RM250 two side, after used for below two weeks, the recon drive shaft got problem (two side), i complain the used parts guy, he ask me go to his formen check, after check he only allow me to change left hand side drive shaft(same recon part). i already not happy with it.
After used for another two month, the left hand side drive shaft problem again, i change it to japan oem drive shaft, but after one more month, the other side right hand side drive shaft(recon) problem come out, the tire will jump around 80-90km and the car run to left hand side, at first i thought it balancing and alignment run out, so i do balancing and alignment, but problem still there, then i thought maybe the sifu not prof, so i change to other workshop to do again, same problem come out, i do balancing, on-wheel balancing, change front tire to rear, add camber, problem still there, at last, i change the recon drive shaft, problem solve.
my advice, never change the recon drive shaft, use back your drive shaft and just change the japan head, second choice is use japan oem drive shaft. dun ever try to use the recon lau si one.

 

[xtremeleo]

thanx for the heads up

 

[WPQ800]

sorry to hear the news bro, thanks for sharing!

 

[nappx]

recon or chop shop

 

[papagoines]

recon or chop shop

IMHO, chop shop is more durable than recon... or izzit my luck?

 

[alantan350]

recon drive shaft, not chop shop, that guy told me now a day only got recon, no more chop shop one, fxxk. that recon one not stable, turn no sound come out, look like no spoil, but tire will jump.

 

[zane_al]

Also don't use made-in-china ones , Taiwan's should be ok .

 

[nappx]

nowdays taiwan brand also made in guangzou..he he

 

[mamatAE111]

Halfcut one are better than recon, but of course must choose good condition half cut ones. If rubber koyak, grease all over, don't buy that one lah... common sense

 

[leynye yamin]

no ah, last time i buy halfcut drive shaft for my kancil, the foreman pull out from gearbox lagi, so i happy and bring home . after install, instantly got sound d, am tep ler.. buy brand new only from reputable brand. don play play.

 

[Dayline668]

My experience is japan for japan car, euro for euro car only, not taiwan not china or local, never.. even chop shop is better.. i learn the hard way too, cost me 1k just changing between those, now still broken drive shaft... Shxt... fXXking heart pain...

 

[G221]

Halfcut one are better than recon, but of course must choose good condition half cut ones. If rubber koyak, grease all over, don't buy that one lah... common sense

yes correct. better buy halfcut (used, never broken, good condition) rather than recon (used, broken and reconditioned)

if got more budget, better option is to buy new.

 

[monsh]

what is the price of the new one lets say for 4afe/4age/4agze ?

if the difference is too big, might as well try to source out for good condition driveshaft .

i myself need to find 1 set right now but need to ask reliable foreman to find 1 set for me .

 

[mamatAE111]

leynye yamin, if the drive shaft is still in the gearbox, then you can test it first before buying. Hold on the drive shaft on both side of the bearing, left and right side. Then pull with opposite force a few times. If you don't feel any looseness/freeplay in the bearing, then it is still in good condition. If you feel any free play, then the half cut drive shaft is not good anymore(even if the rubber boot is not yet 'koyak').

 

[Dayline668]

New whole drive shaft cost RM5xx a piece or me been chop...

 

[mamatAE111]

New whole ori Toyota Japan drive shaft should be RM1000 plus plus each side. Where you get RM500, or just head bearing only..?

 

[monsh]

2000+ for brand new set .
-_- better try luck find chop shop item .
must find a reliable one .

 

[levin818]

UMW once quoted me RM4k for one side. Both side RM8k!!!
The SA told me not to worry cos they will give me 10% discount... WT$%&*#
At the end i paid RM35 for inspection fees and ran away as fast as i could.

After that i bought a used drive shaft that taken from Levin AE111 at Good Speed Kepong.
Use it from 2006 until now no problem.

Sorry to say that, I never trust local recond item.
Simply because the ppl behind are mostly cost orientated thinking and tends to use cheap spare parts from China to minimise their cost. And you know, cheap thing no good. And i just can't compromise with this kind of quality.

 

[nicholas1007]

I being quote RM3xx for each side. Made in Italy or something, I forgot. Now after read all the posts here. I scare this quote also recon item.
Anyone can tell me how to check wat is mine model of driveshaft? My mech tell me tat they have to dismantle it then only can confirm the rite model. Coz I bot my car after it already convert to BT.

 

[zane_al]

My vios using taiwan made driveshafts (450 incl installation) , 1 yr still ok.
Rear wheel bearings using china made - now ABS is out of commission (160 each) , otherwise ok.
Toyota wants almost 3k for the first job.