Budd,

Doesn't Proven Force use shims to get the u-joints to fit properly? At least
that's what I deduced from the archives. Maybe that was an early iteration
and not the way they do it now. Also, how many miles have you put on the
rebuilt driveshaft? I called Proven Force and Todd was out on break. The guy
I talked to didn't know anything about syncros and said that they had never
rebuilt one. Wrong guy obviously...

-Mark McCulley

>From: Budd Premack <bpremack@WAVETECH.NET>
>Reply-To: Budd Premack <bpremack@WAVETECH.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: remanufactured syncro driveshaft
>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 23:23:11 -0500
>
>I have indicated in the past the great work done by Proven Force Clutch and
>U-Joint of Minneapolis, MN.  They will install two new u-joints of the
>proper size (yes, they are from a tractor power take-off) and dynamically
>balance the shaft for a bit over $100, plus UPS shipping both ways.  They
>use a specific procedure to fit the u-joint properly (something about
>cross-trunion spacing...).
>
>They have done this on my 86 Syncro and about a dozen others with fine
>results.  Please contact Todd there at (800) 444-0755 and let him know you
>heard about him from the Vanagon List.
>
>Much more detail is available in the Archives.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Budd Premack
>86 Syncro, 73 Super
>Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky Blue Waters)
>

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