driveshafts dying

[k11_998]

i have owned 2 micras now, i've bought both on about 85k, and in both by about 90k the nearside drive shaft has died, is this just me, i do drive them rather hard, but its an amazing coincedance.

has anyone else had to replace driveshafts at around the 90k mark, or has anyone driven their car so hard that they managed to kill them in about 5k

 

[SplanK]

its a common problem with most nissans...

let me guess - they snapped at the rubber weight effort?

I had a 1.6 primera drive shaft let go on me and im expecting my 2.0 to do the same

what happens is the drive shaft gets soaked from road water. road water contains salt. this gets under the rubber weight and stays there eating away at the shaft.

bit like this:

the Primera P10 ones are going like they are made out of butter, people on NPOC it will only be time before the P11 primeras start getting this more and more

 

[JayY]

How much are they to replace?

 

[k11_998]

is that split in the middle of the shaft, i keep destroying the outer cv joint, the 1.0 was on the nearside, and the super s seems to be nearside again,