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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 17-August 04 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 2,554 ![]() |
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? |
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 17-August 04 From: Austin, Texas Member No.: 2,554 ![]() |
QUOTE(jr91472 @ Oct 3 2004, 04:55 PM) Knock on wood, I have never experienced a CV failure. Is there a way to "test" their condition? Think I have heard people mention a knocking sound when they are failing. Is this true? Does it happen under accel? decel? Sorry if a little OT I just picked up my teener and have been sorting everything out. The first thing I noted was grease being slung from the inner CV joints which I guess meant the seal were failing. About two weeks later I heard a noise coming from the side that failed which sounded as if something was loose...kinda a low toned popping on accel. Shortly there after the CV joint failed. After removing the shafts I noted that there was still a good deal of grease in the cups so I suspect that it wasn't failure due to lubrication but just normal wear. From this point forward I've decided that I will just pull the shafts every 30k or so and clean and repack the joints as standard maintance and after noticing how loose some of the bolts were I'm also hoping to attach safety wires as others have suggesting in previous topics. |
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