Hmmm,
Sounds a good tip: all the joints I'm using at the moment are original, just repacked (I hate driveshaft grease, but somehow have used a whole tub of it!) so there might be somehting in it! OEM ones probably last quite well if you can catch them before the grease falls out fo the inevitable boot split!
Can't remember the last time I bought a "new" joint, and still have a load from a RWD Jetta I had before the Audi - that seemed to be fine with re-packed joints. THink I even used some of them when I rebuilt all the Audi ones when it came apart (I recall one or two were a bit stiff)
Am thinking that the cheap outer joints on ebay may be a false economy (even if I'll replace them in the short term...) although for £10 I might give it a punt
=> To be fair I'm only on 7" wheels and the lack of traction should protect the drivetrain (although I thought that about the clutch!)
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