Hi All,
First of all sorry if i'm preaching to the converted and this is posted somewhere else on the forum.
I too have had the dreaded driveshaft helicopter noises coming from the armrest. Took the car to my local VW dealer (i had no intention to use them but wanted to see what was wrong as they were only round the corner) when the noise was becoming more than irritating, and they confirmed that it was the driveshaft and the usual about the part being £1000 etc, etc, etc.
I then took it to the aftermarket VW fellas that normally service and MOT the car and they confirmed the same diagnosis. However, they had a cheaper solution. They told me that if i wanted an original Touareg drive shaft that the price would be £1000 + etc, etc, etc as they don't sell the linkage and hence the worn out bearing on its own BUT.......
On the VW crafter van the linkage is the same and the sell it independently of the shaft so he would simply remove the worn out linkage / bearing (or whatever technical gubbins is involved which is over my head!!!) and swap in the crafter one.
Job done, all is well with the car and the cost was about 250 all in.
Hope this helps anyone who is currently at risk of being spanked in the wallet by the dreaded driveshaft devilish demon.
Vin
First of all sorry if i'm preaching to the converted and this is posted somewhere else on the forum.
I too have had the dreaded driveshaft helicopter noises coming from the armrest. Took the car to my local VW dealer (i had no intention to use them but wanted to see what was wrong as they were only round the corner) when the noise was becoming more than irritating, and they confirmed that it was the driveshaft and the usual about the part being £1000 etc, etc, etc.
I then took it to the aftermarket VW fellas that normally service and MOT the car and they confirmed the same diagnosis. However, they had a cheaper solution. They told me that if i wanted an original Touareg drive shaft that the price would be £1000 + etc, etc, etc as they don't sell the linkage and hence the worn out bearing on its own BUT.......
On the VW crafter van the linkage is the same and the sell it independently of the shaft so he would simply remove the worn out linkage / bearing (or whatever technical gubbins is involved which is over my head!!!) and swap in the crafter one.
Job done, all is well with the car and the cost was about 250 all in.
Hope this helps anyone who is currently at risk of being spanked in the wallet by the dreaded driveshaft devilish demon.
Vin