What can go wrong from driving on bad CV's?

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01-17-2005, 12:09 PM

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I bought the completely assembled NEW half shafts for not much more than the CV's alone would of cost. Check with Pelican, they have great deals on some items.

A lot less messy, that is for sure!

PS - I have my old half shafts somewhere, someone could disassemble them and they might be able to get a good one out of the whole mess. Heck, they were not clicking, I just figured they needed to be replaced, and a couple of the ***** did have some scuffing on them.

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01-17-2005, 12:21 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Danno

"using VW Vanagon CV's for half the price. Anyone else do this?

Only on the '86 & earlier cars. Midway through '87, they had a new CV design with different splines.

I wouldn't wait, if any of those CV fails, you can rish severe suspension, exhaust, tranny even fue-tank damage...

That does it. I'm ordering these now.

The question of the day, new CV's only or go for the whole axle? Would I need a new axle if the CV's are failing?

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01-17-2005, 12:42 PM

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I would just go ahead and order the whole halfshaft with CVs, it doesnt cost much more and it is a lot less time consuming to replace the assembly.
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