Shaft maintenance and a surprise

[Grumpy Goat]

Peter, that is great to hear about your new shaft.

I wonder if that shaft is one of the newly released / way cheaper version from BMW - were you aware of that? See this thread here.

If the new-to-you shaft you picked up on eBay is the same part number as the one I bought then it is the redesigned BMW shaft and your testimonial is the first I have heard about the performance of the new shaft.