Landseer

Yeah, baby.
Two beautiful new halfshafts, look like NOS Lobro.
Fast and excellent service from 928Intl, from both Tom and Mark.
They had these new pieces at a reduced price, perfect for me.

And, side by side, its now clear.

84 non-ABS
85 non-ABS
can be replaced by
Early 86 ABS ---- but...its inner CV is 15mm thinner, so your 12 bolts need to be shorter, else use the 86 bolts.

The antilock gear on outer CV is of such a diameter that it does not interfere on the 84 or 85 car. After all, antilock was optional on those years


That is all. I will now resume cleaning, repacking and also swapping various axles in the basement.

Mrmerlin

just follow the info in the WSM so the CV joints are assembled correctly there is a trick to the madness

Landseer

Stan, this?

From the 928 DIY forum, Gospel of Dwayne, 12:19:07, post #2

And it is said, by him:

"The tricky part is placing the hub/cage/bearings into the outer collar. Notice the groove on the outer surface of the collar - it's near the end that will face the transmission. I slid the assembly into the collar sideways then rotate the bearing assembly around (swing it into the collar). If a bearing falls out, it's can be re-inserted after you get it the rest of it together. The WSM has a picture of this. You have to match the narrow surface areas with the wide surface areas of the collar to get it right. Notice at the 12 o'clock position of the outer coller (where the allen bolt goes). Right below that is the narrow surface of the collar - notice the bearing hub at the same location - its wide. Also, If the joint is locked when you press in the hub assembly, you missed it. That's what I did first time. Then I took it back out, rotated the bearing assembly right one bearing and put it in again and presto! It worked. The inner assembly should move freely."
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SeanR

Huhh? wha?

Jadz928

Sean, that's not what I read...

Chris, make sure you do it on the plastic covered sofa.

Landseer

I only do bumper covers in the the cat lady's living room. She lets me if I don't tell mom that I did it. And she didn't make me use plastic.

Jadz928

LOL

cat lady = mom

btw, you need to turn that bumper cover upside down.

JHowell37

Use the metal caps that come with the boot kits even if the CV wasn't originally equipped with them. Less mess that way. Easiest way to pack grease in the inboard CV is to only tear a small corner off of the grease bag and pretend that you're a cake decorator.

dr bob

Add that you can use small plastic wire ties to hold that cap in place until the joint is in place and a few bolts are started. Cut and remove the ties before the bolts are tightened. This techniqueallows you to assemble and completely clean the axle shafts and joints on the bench, before you put them back into the car. No contamination risk either.

Imo000

Ahhhh that's a neat trick, thanks.

Mrmerlin

Chris any chance you took pictures of all the different CV versions?