The upgrade is $275, includes shipping etc. To replace the female end would be in the $500-600 range. That also depends on which shaft you actually have. If it is the same thickness the whole length of the shaft, your looking at the $500. If you have the thinner shaft, your looking at $600, but that includes reinforcing your shaft to be a solid unit, like the latest Vortech revision.
A big cost is the female end. We have to get the end from Vortech, and they dont offer us a discount, so its full retail on that part.