Due to the extreme angles some Subaru drive shafts are used at, failures are all too often a common experience. I replaced my 92 Legacy front passenger side shaft with an Cardone A1 aftermarket drive shaft from RockAuto some 50K miles ago and it is still doing quite well. This aftermarket shaft appeared to be built much more sturdy than the OEM shaft it replaced.

Due to the extreme angles some Subaru drive shafts are used at, failures are all too often a common experience. I replaced my 92 Legacy front passenger side shaft with an Cardone A1 aftermarket drive shaft from RockAuto some 50K miles ago and it is still doing quite well. This aftermarket shaft appeared to be built much more sturdy than the OEM shaft it replaced.

 

 

I didn't detect much difference in apparent weight/sturdiness - except the EMPI axle I got seemed to have tougher rubber boots than the OEM I took off.