Originally Posted by JFUSION

I've noticed some light grease stains in the tranny tunnel area, it is in line with the front propeller shaft C/V joint mount. I'm curious how you know if your propeller shaft C/V is bad ?, can you feel added vibration or noise ?. Should I plan on dismantling the prop. shaft or just look for a replacement ?. The amount of grease seems light at this point. Thanks for any replies.

Originally Posted by MP2k

Mine has had a pretty good buildup there for a long time. Maybe 50k+ miles. I've been waiting to see if any symptoms develop, but it's been fine.

Originally Posted by hecash

Mine began to lightly vibrate under heavy acceleration starting at, say, 4-5K rpm. It lasted a long time but I should have replaced it as soon as I noticed the vibration because when it finally went, it took my pilot bearing with it. So, instead of just having to unbolt an old shaft and re-bolt a new shaft, I had to pull the trans, PP, clutch disc, and flywheel to replace the pilot bearing. While I had the clutch out I did a new PP, disc, release bearing and guide as well as resurface the flywheel.

I got a 2007 drive shaft with 21K miles on it and a 90-day guarantee from a salvage yard on www.car-part.com for $210 shipped to my house. It's working beautifully.