 Failure Mode of CV's ?, ... what actually will occur |
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| vesnyder |
 Aug 17 2006, 05:40 AM
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I am getting a creaking noise coming from my axle CV, as best I can assess, and was curious how these will fail? I took them apart and repacked them with grease, but hod little to no affect. Will the inner CV just disintegrate and I will no longer get power to the wheels, or will something more catastrophic occur? I am debating wether I should wait until the noise gets unbearable, or fix them ASAP? It does not seem to be getting any worse? Thanks
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| DBCooper |
Aug 17 2006, 08:27 AM
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14's in the 13's with ATTITUDE Group: Members Posts: 3,079 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Dazed and Confused Member No.: 2,618 Region Association: Northern California |
You might want to re-think those priorities. If the CV breaks at the transmission end, most common, no big drama, you just don't go anywhere until it's fixed. If it breaks on the wheel end and you rev the engine to see why you don't have any more power the loose axle can flail around and beat the holy crap out of everything in its reach. Not pretty or cheap.
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Aug 17 2006, 08:47 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(Paul Illick @ Aug 17 2006, 07:27 AM)  You might want to re-think those priorities. If the CV breaks at the transmission end, most common, no big drama, you just don't go anywhere until it's fixed. If it breaks on the wheel end and you rev the engine to see why you don't have any more power the loose axle can flail around and beat the holy crap out of everything in its reach. Not pretty or cheap. Really? How about if it breaks at the left side tranny end and takes out the starter and the tranny case? Ample examples out there. IF the vibration is bad enough, the bolts can (and DO) back out or break off, then the whole joint becomes a missle. The Cap'n |
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vesnyder Failure Mode of CV's ? Aug 17 2006, 05:40 AM
michel richard I broke one a couple of years ago. The little cag... Aug 17 2006, 05:59 AM ptravnic :agree:
Same happened to me except on neighborho... Aug 17 2006, 06:14 AM vesnyder Thanks guys - what I was hoping. Means no real hu... Aug 17 2006, 06:56 AM Joe Ricard I think Mueller had a cool way to adapt the Type 1... Aug 17 2006, 07:07 AM ptravnic I believe new ones are scarce. Someone on the boa... Aug 17 2006, 07:07 AM vesnyder pt - The fact that you were able to get by a coupl... Aug 17 2006, 08:21 AM
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