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      10-01-2015, 08:32 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by DR-JEKL View Post
Jeez Vince it sucks they damaged your driveshaft!

I'm pretty sure you could recut the thread with a thread die, and the shaft would still be OK.
I should have taken another picture at a different angle, that squished thread is actually bulging out 5mm! Could theoretically grind it off and retap but for safety I am going with a new driveshaft. The replacement is from a newer car and looks mint so I would just prefer to do that. The damaged driveshaft technically only set me back another $150 so I won't grumble too much I guess.
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