Re: guide price for an axle

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 15:01:11 +0000, Mr.Nice.
<mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> wrote:

>I have a friend with a S3 that's been laid-up for a while, I
>understand the front axle case is badly corroded/holed.
>
>Can anyone give me a guide price for a replacement front axle
>complete, either recon or known-good?
>And does anyone have one kicking around?
>Vehicle is in surrey.
>

Recon price for a S3 axle is probably prohibitive. Replacement casing
is listed at around the £300 mark.

If it's just the case which has gone, but the diff etc is ok, then
suggest you look around for a cheap axle on Ebay, and put your diff &
swivels onto it. That way you don't need to worry about wether the
axle you're buying is any good.

Alex

On or around Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:18:04 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>If it's just the case which has gone, but the diff etc is ok, then
>suggest you look around for a cheap axle on Ebay, and put your diff &
>swivels onto it. That way you don't need to worry about wether the
>axle you're buying is any good.

or weld the casing up.

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 21:24:47 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:18:04 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
>enlightened us thusly:
>
>>If it's just the case which has gone, but the diff etc is ok, then
>>suggest you look around for a cheap axle on Ebay, and put your diff &
>>swivels onto it. That way you don't need to worry about wether the
>>axle you're buying is any good.
>
>or weld the casing up.

That's what I did on mine, but I'm assuming it's too far gone for that
in his case.

Alex