Are all the CV/axles supposed to have alignment dowel pins? |
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Are all the CV/axles supposed to have alignment dowel pins? |
Tdskip |
Sep 14 2020, 04:50 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,684 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Working on that white Fresno car and I have two rebuilt CV/axles but one has pins, two per side, and the other does not.
I have two spare (needig servicng) that have dowels - can I just lmoves the dowels over to the ready to use ones? Thanks, cranking to try to get this done and I really appreciate everybody’s help! (I did try searching first) |
Tdskip |
Sep 16 2020, 07:23 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,684 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Good morning. So I cleaned the various sets of these axles that I had laying around in preparation for rebuilding them.
I was able to confirm that this ring on the outside match is the known to be 914 CV joint/axles and the length is identical. So that seems to confirm that these are 914/6 axles? Any advantage to using these on a/six build or are the equivalent in strength to the four-cylinder 914 ones? To use the 6 foot ones I need a matching six bolt flange installed under the transmission I believe, yes? |
Mark Henry |
Sep 16 2020, 08:02 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Good morning. So I cleaned the various sets of these axles that I had laying around in preparation for rebuilding them. I was able to confirm that this ring on the outside match is the known to be 914 CV joint/axles and the length is identical. So that seems to confirm that these are 914/6 axles? Any advantage to using these on a/six build or are the equivalent in strength to the four-cylinder 914 ones? To use the 6 foot ones I need a matching six bolt flange installed under the transmission I believe, yes? There isn't a strength advantage 914/6 vs 914/4 axles. You would only get stronger axles by doing something like a 5 bolt conversion and using the 108mm hubs, stubs, CV's and Sway-A-Way axles. I agree with Rob-O count the splines and do a search. Eric has a good write up on the different kit you can use with a 5-bolt conversion. |
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