Recent content by JPIStang

I would think so. Bilsteins don't really go bad very frequently. I have 60k on my car and my front coilovers were used and the struts are still working great.

Do yourself a favor and get the delrin FTBR bushings. Urethane will just start squeaking.

'04 Vert myself. MM also told me 300 front, 475 rear. I already have MM front covers with coupe struts which are probably 300lb springs but I can't be sure because I got the coilovers and struts used. What they failed to answer is what shocks would be best. Looking at the website I guess the...

Hey sometimes you get lucky!

Oh ok.

So I re-measured end play with the trans vertical and with a new gauge and end play was not within spec. Tried .043 shim, still not enough. Needed .048....which they don't make. So I ordered a 10 spline clutch disk which cost as much as the input shaft and put the stock shaft back in. End...

No I got that from your first post.... "Put back together with .0038 shim way too tight-then to 36 too tight then back to stock shim .0034 shaft would turn now but zero end play, went to a .0032"

It's interesting that you needed a .032 shim to get to .0005 end play, and I would have needed a .048 shim to get .0007 end play. That indicates poor quality control to me, since my shaft end play was greater than stock and yours was less than stock.

8620 has 50% better wear rates, but 9310 is malleable and deals with shock better. It will typically bend rather than snap.

Me as well but I found a couple of people who had good luck and no negative reviews at all. Of note, the AMP shaft is 8620 steel and the Tremec shaft is 9310. If I had known what Tremec used I'd have never accepted a different metallurgy.

I would prefer not to badmouth, which is why I only discussed issues with the part, primarily. They make these shafts in China or Taiwan and have admitted that these shafts for other versions of the T56 have all had many fewer complaints than for our T56's. I broke my rule of only buying...

Yep. Well my stock input shaft is fine, I'm clearly not driving in a way that stresses it very much. I ordered a 10 spline disk from McLeod and I'll sell this input shaft cheap. I may sell the 26 spline disk or just keep it in case the 10 spline does shear and forces me to buy a Tremec or D&D...

They aren't willing to exchange it or refund. Mike has been very informative, but not helpful....because he offers no solutions. If he had a shim to send me that would help.

Your input shaft looks better than mine...the teeth on the back of mine are pretty rough around the edges.

Yeah that's my thickest shim also. The OEM shaft is a bit out also, but I can correct it by re-installing the .041 or .042 shim. But the AMP shaft is further out of spec than OEM, which means I need .047x, .048 preferably, to actually meet spec.