Seems damn high to me! Jesse must think his doesn't stink to charge that much for a CV rebuild.
I ordered a custom driveshaft from Troy at Tom Woods. I went with the 3" diameter shaft, standard spline, double cardon cv, Spicer type 1310 u joints, $439 shipped. Not too shabby! I should have it by next Wed for Christmas.
Cool, Is he putting the correct flange adapters on it so you can just bolt it in once you get it? If it helps, I called out the correct flange adapters for the T4R earlier in this thread.
My mechanic says he charges $200 for a rebuild.
Your mechanic is also charging book hours at shop rates. Makes me glad that I don't have to rely on a mechanic.
I worked for a driveshaft shop for a few years and I can tell you that there is some padding in High Angle's price for their name. A CV rebuild isn't that hard, especially if you do it day in and day out.
Tom does include the correct flanges with his 1310 driveshafts. It's a complete setup that he sells.
I wanted to update this thread because I do get PM'd questions about Tom Woods driveshafts from time to time.
I went with the 3" shaft and 1310 u-Joints because bigger is better right? Plus I new I'd be getting a S/C in the future & wanted to beef up the drive train. The 3" DS was fine on road & not lifted. The stock shaft is 2.5". After the suspension lift the DS started hitting the stock gas tank skid when wheeling & on sharp right turns up driveways & curbs into parking lots etc. I took an angle grinder & cut away about a 7"W X 4"H piece of the skid. I'm good now but you might want to stay with the stock size 2.5" shaft or you might have to modify your gas tank skid.
I wanted to update this thread because I do get PM'd questions about Tom Woods driveshafts from time to time.
I went with the 3" shaft and 1310 u-Joints because bigger is better right? Plus I knew I'd be getting a S/C in the future & wanted to beef up the drive train. The 3" DS was fine on road & not lifted. The stock shaft is 2.5". After the suspension lift the DS started hitting the stock gas tank skid when wheeling & on sharp right turns up driveways & curbs into parking lots etc. I took an angle grinder & cut away about a 7"W X 4"H piece of the skid. I'm good now but you might want to stay with the stock size 2.5" shaft or you might have to modify your gas tank skid.
Sorry to revive an old thread. But were you able to re-use your factory hardware? My t-case side flange was a little thicker, but I was still able to re-use the washers. At the diff side, the TW flange is almost twice as thick. So I am running into the same situation as the person who posted earlier that the bolt is too short to use the factory lock washer.