QUOTE(930cabman @ Aug 12 2022, 07:46 AM)
QUOTE(bkrantz @ Aug 11 2022, 08:38 PM)
Critical for 914-4 is the spline count, and the larger holes for the dowel pins. Recess for the gasket is nice to have.
Note that the new boots I have seen include metal flanges that do not fit tight on the CV joint. I added some large diameter O-rings for a better seal to keep the grease inside.
Exactly, either they fit or they don't. I want to believe someone out there has an OEM spec CV that will install without modifications.
You can buy compete axle assemblies from Porsche that will plug right in. Then you have 914/6 axles that will fit the CV joints in the future. Problem is those axle assemblies used to be something like $250 which was quite reasonable, but a couple years ago (and shortly before I went shopping for CV joints as luck would have it) they jacked the price way up to something like $900 per assembly.
I got super lucky when
@914_7T3 scored a NOS 914/4 axle assembly at a screaming price for me.
BTW, wasn't
@Eric_Shea working with GNC to possibly do a run of 914/4 joints at one time?
It still puzzles me why there were ever two versions of axles in the first place. Seems like it just added production cost with no benefit