Propshaft

[brainbug007]

I tried calling up a local company today to look into getting my propshaft shortened and it was a confusing call to say the least! It sounds like they seem to think they would in theory have to make a new propshaft with a sleeve?? at the top followed by the universal join and a flange at the end to connect to the diff. He didn't seem to think there would be enough material at the bottom of my old propshaft so it would be a new one which he said would be around £170+vat! I wasn't expecting it to be as much as that as there's some other threads on here where people have got them shortened or even new ones for much less? Can anyone explain what he was talking about with the sleeves at the top? I thought the top would remain unchanged and would just bolt onto the gearbox as is, and he would just take a chunk out the longer bottom section and then re-balance it?