Scrape on 13-14 CF driveshaft, still okay?

[merkyworks]

Posted this in the '07/'12 GT500 forum but not many have CF driveshafts so I figured I should ask here.

I bought a 13-14 CF driveshaft off ebay. Seller said it had been on the car for less than 300 miles, the CV boot seals and everything look brand new so I believe this to be true.

However I did find this one spot on the shaft that has a little scrape, maybe from when it was removed. It doesn't go into the carbon fibers and appears to be just the exterior clear coat that is damaged. This is still consider okay to use and not structurally compromised right?

 

[13COBRA]

Did you repost this because not many people in that subforum have CF driveshafts, or because they didn't give you the answer you were hoping for?

 

[merkyworks]

Did you repost this because not many people in that subforum have CF driveshafts, or because they didn't give you the answer you were hoping for?

The best I can tell only one person that answered actually has a 13/14 CF driveshaft, so yes my statement was accurate. Also clearly stated I posted this in the other GT500 forum.

3 screen shots, yeah....Troll much?

 

[13COBRA]

The best I can tell only one person that answered actually has a 13/14 CF driveshaft, so yes my statement was accurate. Also clearly stated I posted this in the other GT500 forum.

3 screen shots, yeah....Troll much?

As far as you can tell, eh? Well I've had 3 of them, if that counts.

It's not so much the carbon fiber driveshaft, it's the carbon fiber in general. It's how it's made. Go do a few 4500rpm dumps and let us know how it goes.

As far as troll goes....no. You asked, I answered. You didn't like the answers you were getting, EVEN the picture of the FoMoCo carbon fiber driveshaft that clearly states "scrap if dropped", so you decided to hope for better answers in a different subforum.

Hopefully you get the answers you're looking for, but at the end of the day, whoever tells you to put it on and run it, WILL NOT be there when you're picking up the pieces. I see no reason to not send it back to the original owner.


EDIT: Thought: The seller told you about the damage, you brushed it off as not a big deal. You bought it at a substantially discounted price over what a new, in tact CF driveshaft would cost, then once you got it, you started having second thoughts.

 

[AustinSN]

I would not run that. Every CF DS has a sticker on it that says scrap if dropped.

If you are hell bent on running it, call up QA1 and ask if they can take it and test it (I have no idea if they do but it's worth a shot).

 

[merkyworks]

EDIT: Thought: The seller told you about the damage, you brushed it off as not a big deal. You bought it at a substantially discounted price over what a new, in tact CF driveshaft would cost, then once you got it, you started having second thoughts.

No, seller described it as "perfect condition" so I had no reason second guess anything, clearly that is not the case.

 

[Snoopy49]

The area circled in red, inside the larger red circle concerns me, it almost looks like an impact zone. Notice the damaged clear coat that surrounds it and radiates from it.
I could very well be wrong, but I wouldn't buy it for my car.

 

[07 Black Beauty]

I wouldn't run it, not worth the risk you'd be taking. I 2nd having it tested or professinonally inspected

 

[07 Black Beauty]

If the seller said it was in perfect condition I'd check with him on shipping insurance, may have been damaged during shipping

 

[Handlebar Moustache]

If the seller said it was in perfect condition I'd check with him on shipping insurance, may have been damaged during shipping

X2

 

[BlowerMan]

Nope, no good. Lots of experience with cf shafting. Sorry, not the answer you want. If you do run it, at least when it explodes it won’t destroy your car. Probably.

 

[13COBRA]

No, seller described it as "perfect condition" so I had no reason second guess anything, clearly that is not the case.

Time to send pictures and send it back.

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