gregfeeler
Dances With Sheep
The drive shaft on my 2017 R12GSA was showing signs of impending failure at 45,000 miles. I pulled it during the winter for a check and found both u-joints were notchy when moved thru their range of motion. It was slight but undeniable, including to a few other people who checked. A replacement was $1,256 at the time, so I sought alternative solutions. Ended up sending it to a machine shop in Green Bay, Wi to have it rebuilt. They charged $230 and shipping was around $25 each way. The new u-joints have zirks in them, so I now pull it at every 12,000 mile service. So far, so good.
It sounds like you found a very cost effective solution, but I don't find it acceptable that you had an impending failure at such a low mileage, for such an expensive part, and that you now have to do a fairly significant amount of work every 12,000 miles. Bummer.