I am waiting for UPS to deliver the "correct" Syncro driveshaft u-joints.
When and if they work as promised, I will make a full report to the list.
If anyone can't wait about one more week, contact me directly.
Budd Premack
Minneapolis
86 Syncro

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> From: Carl Hansen <Carl_Hansen@ATK.COM>
> To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU
> Subject: re-driveshaft and U-Joint
> Date: Friday, September 12, 1997 12:02 PM
>
>  SyncroBeast           re:driveshaft and U-Joint
> Dano
>
> Sometime within the last 2 months, someone wrote in and mentioned that
they
> took the failed u-joint to a standard u-joint shop and they matched it up
to a
> standard, available, off the shelf u-joint .
>
> <snip>
> I removed the driveshaft yesterday, and found one u joint that was seized
> along 1 axis.  It would only move about 20 degrees either way.  No wonder
the
> thing shook!!  I hope the trans case wasn't damaged, as it is wet near
the
> output flange.
>
> Does anyone know about those u joints?  Can they be replaced?
>
> Ch
> '89 Syncro Beast
> '87 GTI 16V
> '86 Scirocco (SO's)
> Prior Lake, MinneSnowta