914 CV Joints, Any Intrest on Some New Ones Options

[914Sixer]

I have made several inquires about having new 914 CV joints made up. All the manufactures I contacted said it would take a run of 500 to get things rolling. There are no cost estimates at this point.

What is the price point you would like to see? $50-$100 per joint?

Since there are 4 per vehicle, how many would you be interested in buying?


Please know that these CV joints will be made in China. I am neutral on this because the companies are ISO 9000.

[Eric_Shea]

As long as they are GNK Loebros you could probably sell through 500 fairly quickly. The major parts suppliers are in need.

The Meyle and EMPI units hyper extend too far and will end up causing problems. We had a failure on McMark's car when we first started doing the CV's. Mark took the time to pull the cages and photograph the results. The first clue was how far the cage pressed out (with our fingers) on the cheaper units vs. the GNK Loebros. We looked at the holes in the cage and noticed they were cut differently.

In Marks case, I believe he was powering out of a parking lot apron on to a road and powering on the throttle. The angle caused the control arm to extend, causing the CV to extend (in this case hyper-extend). Pretty common use of the vehicle if you think about it. Real world story as to why paying a "little" more for a better part pays off. I felt awful about it because Mark missed RRC that year... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

We learned the hard way.