Q45 Halfshafts

[sijoko]

How many miles can one expect out of the axle shafts on the Q? I have 165k on my 94 Q.

Does it take a set after a while like the driveshaft? Does a lowered ride height affect the life of your axle shafts?

I priced 2 new axles. OUCH> Almost $1800. As far as I can tell, no one makes aftermarket for these.

[Q45tech]

249.2k and still good, they are so short! When you lower the rear the body just comes down 0.8" .............go question, I'll have to measure the new angle.

* good point I did replace the rear diff about 37,000 miles after my lowering but it had 222k on it and the problem was front bearing noise and loss of some LSD action [viscous]......not the blotter kind. We reused the shafts and placed them in a new rear subframe and changed the bearings and hubs.......they looked ok.

Today we replaced a lower rear a arm [accident], surprised at how well the rubber isolation bearing looked after 12 years and 170,000 miles.