driveshaft gone, any help

[brad1]

hi all,
just recently after having my car mapped was coming home last night and just left a set of traffic lights when i heard a bang and no traction, i immediatley stopped to car in a bus top and looked for damage, obviously checking both driveshafts connections at the wheels, both where connected to the wheel fine, so i popped up the bonnet and looked at the driveshaft connections at the gearbox and saw a little bit of oil on the protector tray on the bottom, my drivers side driveshaft is knackered. i was told by the recovery man that it will most probably be just that driveshaft needs replacing, but to be on the safe side get both done, i am hoping that the gearbox is fine. how much will these driveshafts be, but i found this, will this fit, a golf 00-05 driveshaft? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-GOLF-BORA-...oryZ9889QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
anh help guys and where i can get cheap driveshafts from
cheers

 

[ibizacupra]

driveshaft would be very unusual for your car, even remappe.
inner CV or outer CV most likely. ~£50 parts plus fitting as a guide

 

[brad1]

hopefully its that, cause theres a little bit of oil, should it most prob be cv joint??

 

[brad1]

just something extra so you can help me out with lol
this pic is from a vw golf i believe, its from the passengers side, but i guess you get the idea

the red ring is what is left and the green ring is what has come away, anymore ideas guys
if its just the cv joint will the driveshaft be ok to use again?
cheers

 

[brad1]

anybody got an idea?

 

[ibizacupra]

you need to remove it to see properly.
The CV is circlip'd into the shaft.
once off all will become obvious.

 

[brad1]

hi again, just seen my damage properly, it has snapped the inner cv joint so i took a trip down to lcp about ten mins ago, what a result, the had one o/s driveshaft in stock, getting fitted thursday morning, paid £106 for the driveshaft and my dads mate garage is doing it for £35 plus vat, sound ok?

 

[ibizacupra]

why not just replace the CV? 1/2 the price

 

[brad1]

i thought i had the money, be on the safe side buy the whole lot, which i did. where the driveshaft goes into the inner cv joint, all i can see through the wheel arch when taking the wheel off is oil, but i saw broken parts of the old cv, but i couldnt see the end of the driveshaft, i not taking the risk the risk of just buying a new cv and the say the driveshaft is gone aswell, i wanted to be safe, plus i didnt really lose any, had quite a bit of money sitting in my paypal lol

 

[ibizacupra]

keep your old shaft as a spare for next time.

 

[brad1]

yer, will do, might come in handy, cheers for all your help, is there any guides on here you know of at all about changing driveshafts?