CV Joints, Where to buy???? Options

[jPs]

Hi all,

Where's the best place to buy the decent quality CV Joints at the best price?

My pass. side started popping about a week ago and knew I probably needed replacements but on a short cruise this morning that all got reinforced as the pass side (tire side) broke. After jacking up the teener and starting to take out the half shaft the transmission side balls and cage just feel to the concrete. So it appears I need both ends and guess I just as well replace the drivers side while I'm going through the process.

A VW friend told me he got an entire replacement 1/2 shaft for only about $30 more than him ordering just the CV's when his went out in his VW truck. I know mines type IV but there's not a whole lotta places locally that stock this stuff so any parts houses that you can recommend are appreciated and will any VW 1/2's work?

[ArtechnikA]

Zim's is probably as close as you're going to get to 'local' outside your dealer.
914 CV's are NLA and this is going to be a worse problem before it gets better ... ask around...

there are no (other) VW CV's that work ...

[dmenche914]

One 914 I bought had I believe to be VW Bug, or Bus or something CV joints on it. The shafts where 914, but the CV where VW, the mounting was the same, same diameter, four bolts, two pins. The only visiable difference was the balls and race were smaller, so presumably they are not rated as strong??? However they were on my car with no problem, until ignored torn boots got the best of them.

Can anyone pipe in on this, or other replacements that fit the stock hubs? How about aftermarket sandrail and dune buggy CV's, they got to make some strong ones, do any fit????


dave

Dave

[Dr Evil]

We could do the 914/bus axle upgrade found here, (look for the "High Performance 914 Axle Upgrade Kit"). http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopca..._pg8.htm#item47

The price for the whole set up is $729.25 <_< Couldn't Mueller of some one make these flange adaptors for us?

I too found a set of cv with the small balls. Don't know what they were originally intended for.

[jwade]

Try Performance Parts. Complete rebuilt axles for $164.00 (when I bought mine)

Replace the whole axle rather than just the CV joint.
It seemed alot easier and cheeper at the time.

john

[KenH]

As I understand it, Lobro is no longer making CV joints for the 914. If you find some old stock they are running about $170 - do a WEB search. Reconditioned axles are about $100 - again you will have to do a WEB search to find them.

Ken

[william harris]

I happen to be privy to the fact that Eric (Partsman on this forum)(a Porsche parts dept. guy) bought the last 14 914 axle sets out of Germany last month. He supplied 10 complete sets to Brad at High Performance House and that is all she wrote. It is cheaper to buy the whole axle set that to attempt the CV joint replacement but when they are gone they are gone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

[jPs]

Well I spent a lot of time yesterday trying to find replacement halfshafts and you can pretty much kiss that idea goodbye. I called every major flaps along with most every online or speciality parts place I could find or think of. Short story is if you're willing to pay $400+ you can get shafts that still will take a few days to get to you or the other option was to send your shafts out to have them refurb'd and average price is around $150 not including all the shipping charge. My teener is my daily driver right now as the suburban needs a new tranny and so I don't really have the option on waiting for them to be R&R'd.

736conver (Brian) here on the bbs contacted me as he refurbs and sells these on evilbay. The price was reasonable and he could ship right away so now I've placed an order with him. Overall I think it's a pretty sad state of affairs for replacement halfshafts out in the marketplace.

One interesting place I stumbled up was these folks:

http://www.cvcoupling.com/index.html

I've contacted them to see if they've a manufacture working on this product as it seems like a pretty interesting development in replacement for lobro cv joints...but I digress.

jPs

[736conver]

I actually dont refurbish these myself. ARI does them. But I keep the cost really low. $125 for a pair of refurbished axles is dirt cheap.

[blabla914]

Transform used to sell CV's that would fit 914. I have them on my car with a 2.0L six and Khumo 205-50 R compound tires with no problems. You might want to give them a call.

Kelly

[ArtechnikA]

$125 for a pair of refurbished axles is dirt cheap.

now for the big question - can you do 914.6 halfshafts ...

(can i tell you i think that is an excellent price without you wanting to hike it too much ?)

[736conver]

ArtechnikA,

I sent you a PM.

Brian

[Gint]

ArtechnikA,

I sent you a PM.

Brian

Me too please. Or post it here.

Are we talking shafts only, or complete with both CV's?

[ArtechnikA]

sure - here's the essence after the chit-chat is edited out...

Can you tell me the exact differences on 914-6 axles.

well - i thought i could, but i can't...

ETKA says the halfshafts are the same; i'd thought the inner splines were different, but it looks as if the only difference between /4 and /6 - nowadays anyway - is the stub axle.

for sure i have one shattered CV, donno if the axle shaft is bent or not (and no real immediate plans to pull them to see...)

if we had a plug & play solution to use the bigger 911 or 930 CV's - even if it meant new axle shafts - even if it meant new drive flanges - i bet they would sell. (actually, i wonder how hard it would be to mod the flanges for the 911 10mm bolts; the 8mm stuff has always scared me a little ...)

so - it looks as if there is -no- difference at the halfshaft component level ...

[LvSteveH]

If I recall correctly the original 914-6 axle/cv have fewer splines than the 914-4 axle/cv. The good news is that the four cylinder axles/cv’s are a bolt in replacement for six owners, most sixes have probably already had this done. There isn’t any substantial strength difference, and I think the balls are actually smaller in the six cv.

[Cap'n Krusty]

Note: Blatant AD! I have 20 new 914/4 CV joints available. $85 and freight, each. There MAY be a couple more back in the monster stash I bought, but I wouldn't count on it. Nice plug n' play deal with no fooling around with drills, adapters, different axles, what have you. The Cap'n

[ArtechnikA]

...I have 20 new 914/4 CV joints available. ... Nice plug n' play deal with no fooling around with drills, adapters, different axles ...

unless, of course, you have only a pair of 914.6 axle shafts ...

[markb]

Sorry Rich. If I find a set of /6 shafts, they'll be stashed for my upgrade on Dad's Car. But that's only if I find them first. If the Cap'n gets to 'em before me, you might talk him outta them.

[ArtechnikA]

Sorry Rich. If I find a set of /6 shafts...

i already have a set of /6 axle shafts - onto which /4 CV's won't go ...

[Cap'n Krusty]

.........................and 914/6 CV joints have been NLA forever ............... The Cap'n